Unmanned aerial vehicle with night vision for tracking intruder

Nowadays there are a lot of theft are happening everywhere and it is dangerous for a person to chase after the intruder because maybe the intruder might have a weapon and harm us. There wasn’t any other way to track the intruder other than chasing to in-form the authority the location where the intruder is. The aim of this project is to find one of the solutions to overcome this project by using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with night vision camera for tracking the intruder. This project mainly focus on the amount of ground light intensity needed and the distance of night vision camera which placed on UAV can detect the shadow of intruders. Besides that, to investigate whether the UAV can detect the intruders with the following path it travels with a specific amount of ground light. Last but not the least, to investigate does the UAV interrupts the signal, data transfer and clear image of intruder using the night vision camera. The experimental result will be analysed

Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of Anti-inflammatory Activity of Novel Indoline Derivatives

Series of indoline derivatives were synthesized using N-(4-aminophenyl) indoline-1-carbothiamide as a precursor. The structures of synthesized compounds were confirmed by   FT-IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR and LC-MS. The in vitro anti-inflammatory activity of synthesized indoline derivatives were examined by standard anti-denaturation assay. The compounds 4a (IC50 = 62.2 µg/ml) and 4b (IC50 = 60.7 µg/ml) showed potent inhibition on protein denaturation. The compounds 5a (IC50 = 97.8 µg/ml) exhibits moderate inhibition on protein denaturatio

Study on Telescopic Walkway Design of Jetty Gangway

This project studies on the telescopic walkway design of the jetty gangway used in the oil and gas industry jetties. The objective of the project is to conduct study on the optimal design parameters for the telescopic walkway of gangway which suits the operational conditions at various jetties of the oil and gas companies in the South East Asia region. The limitations with respect to various marine terminal aspects are studied and the drawbacks are analyzed. Besides, the tidal conditions in the South East Asia region are surveyed to obtain the range of tidal conditions that the design must comply with. Upon gathering data regarding the standard structural beams which are appropriate for the design, static load analysis is done and the data is incorporated into a Microsoft Excel worksheet. This worksheet is a primary tool to analyze different parameters of the beams and its stress distributions. The study managed to produce results on the shear force, bending moments, shear stress and bending stress which would be essential to understand how telescopic beams are subjected to stress distributions. The study on the tidal conditions on the other hand has revealed the range of beam length that can be standardized for the South East Asia region

A non-contact laser ablation cell for mass spectrometry

A common analytical problem in applying LA sampling concerns dealing with large planar samples, e.g. gel plates, Si wafers, tissue sections or geological samples. As the current state of the art stands, there are two solutions to this problem: either sub-sample the substrate or build a custom cell. Both have their inherent drawbacks. With sub-sampling, the main issue is to ensure that a representative is sample taken to correctly determine the analytes of interest. Constructing custom cells can be time consuming, even for research groups that are experienced or skilled, as they have to be validated before data can be published. There are various published designs and ideas that attempt to deal with the issue of large samples, all of which ultimately enclose the sample in a box. The work presented in this thesis shows a viable alternative to enclosed sampling chambers. The non-contact cell is an open cell that uses novel gas dynamics to remove the necessity for an enclosed box and, therefore, enables samples of any arbitrary size to be sampled. The upper size limit of a sample is set by the travel of the XY stages on the laser ablation system, not the dimensions of the ablation cell

A Study on Documentation of Siddha Diagnostic Methods Specially Naadi, Neerkuri and Neikuri for Praana Vaadha Kurigal

The aim is to conduct a clinical study on standardization of Siddha diagnostic methodology for PRAANA VAADHA KURIGAL with special mention to NEERKURI AND NEI KURI. • The disease is characterized by Alterations in foods, habits, sleep or any disequilibrium between the three domains. • The author had collected literature for definition, etiology, pathogenesis, other characteristic features, specific diagnostic findings, line of treatment and dietary regimen from various texts. • For the work, 45 cases were observed and diagnosed in the OPD of Government Siddha Medical College. Out of these 45 cases, 40 cases were included in the study and the remaining 5 cases were excluded. • Case sheet and proforma were maintained for each of these 40 cases individually. • The etiopathogenesis and pathology of the disease had been discussed. • Derangement of UyirThathukkal and UdalThathukkal in the disease had been discussed. • Alterations in Siddha parameters likeManikkadaiNool have been recorded. • EnnvagaiThervugal and YakkaiyinIlakkanam had been studied in detail and their interpretation had been done. • Line of Treatment and Dietary Regimen for the disease had been discussed. • Observations made by jothidam are discussed. • Prompt diagnosis was made after careful analysis of observation results and differential diagnosis. • In PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS, most number of cases have EARLY OR MILD AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION

Knowledge Attitude and Practice on Sexual Health Education among Teachers of Intellectually Challenged Children in Villupuram District

Sexual health education has always been a controversial topic. Parents of intellectually challenged children experience fear about other people that they might take advantage of their child, thus special educators have greater role in assisting children with intellectual disability in their growth and development, and sexuality is part of that growth. Special educators need to start early to educate the intellectually challenged children about sexuality-related issues and continue the conversation well into their teen years. Sexual health education helps children with an intellectual disability recognize if someone is trying to take advantage of them so they can recognize inappropriate sexual advances early on, better protect themselves from exploitation and be able to report incidents of suspected sexual abuse. Hence, all the special educators should be aware about sexual health education. Against this background, the present study is aimed at measuring the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Sexual Health Education among teachers of intellectually challenged children in Villupuram District. Having adopted descriptive research design, a total of 32 special educators were selected from 93 special educators using Simple Random Sampling Method (Lottery Method) for the study. A tool on KAP on Sexual Health Education prepared by Venkat Lakshmi and Navyas was applied by the authors to measure the KAP on Sexual Health Education. Salient findings and Suggestions pertaining to the study will be discussed in the full paper. Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Sexual Health Education, Teachers of Intellectually Challenged Children, Role of Teachers

Supervisory control of complex propulsion subsystems

Modern gasoline and diesel combustion engines are equipped with several subsystems with the goal to reduce fuel consumption and pollutant exhaust emissions. Subsystem synergies could be harnessed using the supervisory control approach. Look-ahead information can be used to potentially optimise power-train control for real time implementation. This thesis delves upon modelling the exhaust emissions from a combustion engine and developing a combined equivalent objective metric to propose a supervisory controller that uses look-ahead information with the objective to reduce fuel consumed and exhaust emissions. In the first part of the thesis, the focus is on diesel engine application control for emissions and fuel consumption reduction.\ua0Model of exhaust emissions in a diesel engine obtained from a combination of nominal engine operation and deviations are evaluated for transient drive cycles.\ua0The look ahead information as a trajectory of vehicle speed and load over time is considered.\ua0The supervisory controller considers a discrete control action set over the first segment of the trip ahead.\ua0The cost to optimise is defined and pre-computed off-line for a discrete set of operating conditions.\ua0A full factorial optimisation carried out off-line is stored on board the vehicle and applied in real-time.\ua0In a first proposal, the subsystem control of the after-treatment system comprising the lean NOx trap and the selective reduction catalyst is considered.\ua0As a next iteration, the combustion engine is added to the control problem.\ua0Simulation comparison of the controllers with the baseline controller offers a 1 % total fuel equivalent cost improvement while offering the flexibility to tailor the controller for different cost objective. In the second part of the thesis, the focus is on cold-start emissions control for modern gasoline engines.\ua0Emissions occurring when the engine is started until the catalyst is sufficiently warm, contribute to a significant proportion of tailpipe pollutant emissions.\ua0Electrically heated catalyst (EHC) in the three way catalyst (TWC) is a promising technology to reduce cold-start emissions where the catalyst can be warmed up prior to engine start and continued after start.\ua0A simulation framework for the engine, TWC with EHC with focus on modeling the thermal and chemical interactions during cold-start was developed.\ua0An evaluation framework with a proposed equivalent emissions approach was developed considering the challenges associated with cold-start emission control.\ua0An equivalent emission optimal post-heating time for the EHC is proposed that adapts to information which is available in a real-time on-line implementation.\ua0The proposed controller falls short of just 1 % equivalent emissions compared to the optimal case

Thermal performance and economic analysis of supercritical carbon dioxide cycles in combined cycle power plant

A closed-loop, indirect, supercritical Carbon Dioxide (sCO2) power cycle is attractive for fossil-fuel, solar thermal and nuclear applications owing to its ability to achieve higher efficiency, and compactness. Commercial Gas Turbines (GT’s) are optimised to yield maximum performance with a conventional steam Rankine cycle. In order to explore the full potential of a sCO2 cycle the whole plant performance needs to be considered. This study analyses the maximum performance and cost of electricity for five sCO2 cascaded cycles. The plant performance is improved when the GT pressure ratio is considered as a design variable to a GT to optimise the whole plant performance. Results also indicate that each sCO2 Brayton cycle considered, attained maximum plant efficiency at a different GT pressure ratio. The optimum GT pressure ratio to realise the maximum cost reduction in sCO2 cycle was higher than the equivalent steam Rankine cycle. Performance maps were developed for four high efficient cascaded sCO2 cycles to estimate the specific power and net efficiency as a function of GT turbine inlet temperature and pressure ratio. The result of multi-objective optimisation in the thermal and cost (c$/kWh) domains and the Pareto fronts of the different sCO2 cycles are presented and compared. A novel sCO2 cycle configuration is proposed that provides ideal-temperature glide at the bottoming cycle heat exchangers and the efficiency of this cycle, integrated with a commercial SGT5-4000F machine in lieu of a triple-pressure steam Rankine cycle, is higher by 1.4 percentage point

SPEED\u27s role in Community Service and its initiative towards SPEED Indiana Forum

SPEED Indiana Forum will host engineering students from Universities in Indiana for a 3 day workshop session on solving community problems through engineering. The outcome of the event will be Action Plans developed by student participants that will be implemented locally to address the community problems

Teachers as Guides: The role of teachers in the facilitation of technology-mediated learning in an alternative education setting in western Kenya

In this study, we investigate the perception of teachers’ changing roles in a class utilizing tablet technology and a mobile learning platform. Deploying educational technology has been shown to shift students’ perception of the role played by their teacher. At the same time, the teachers also experience the need for change in their teaching style to integrate this technology. It is important to identify shifts in students’ and teachers’ understandings in order to achieve the potential of the technology’s affordance. Therefore, we seek to understand the change in teachers’ perceived roles in a technology-mediated learning environment by asking three key questions: 1.) How have students’ perceptions changed of the role of teachers after the integration of technology? 2.) How have teachers’ perceptions of their own roles changed as they deploy these learning technologies? 3.) What are the efforts/strategies used by teachers to adapt to the integration of technology in their classroom