Management Information Systems for Cost Effectiveness in Construction

This paper explores future requirements of Management information systems (MIS) for professional Project Management Consultancy. The Main Focus area would be to establish an effective MIS to control the cost. The overall objective of this paper is to investigate the contribution of MIS towards the controlling the cost of the project. At present all the existing literature in Information System focuses on Information System for the construction. There is comprehensive study, evaluation and assessment on Information System for Professionals . But there is lack of study and knowledge in understanding MIS to establish cost effective construction model. This paper will establish ways and mechanism to utilize the MIS for cost effectiveness. This will also help in understanding effective utilization of MIS by effective scheduling, process improvements etc. The expected outcome from this paper would be a comparative analysis based on case study to prove cost effectiveness by using MI

Role of Artificial Intelligence in Indian Education System

Computer is being used in the field of education for many years and we have got mixed results from it. Although new discoveries in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have shown very positive results in the field of education. AI technology has a very old history which is changing with the times and continuously advancing. This technology is completely based on intelligent agents who learn from the environment around them and take action based on that to maximize their chances of success. AI is a technology made up of machine and computer program that tries to solve problems independently like humans, draws conclusions and takes the right decision based on that. Most artificial intelligence systems have learning capabilities that allow people to improve their performance over time. Recent research on AI tools, including machine learning, deep learning and predictive analysis, aims to enhance the ability to plan, learn, reason, think and take action. In this paper, I will try to explain modern AI techniques and the use of AI in various fields of education

Non Conventional Principles of Cost Effectiveness in Construction

Cost Effectiveness in Construction is well know pain area prevailing around in the industry for a long and lot of efforts have been made to establish an effective cost model .Unfortunately all the effort have been made to keep control on following conventional parameters • Schedule Control • Material Management • Effective Monitoring and Controlling Even various Management Information Systems and EPR modules have been used to majorly control above mentioned parameters. Above mentioned parameters are limited to the duration of construction but economics of constructed structure is more complex and require extended evaluation not only limited to the construction duration. Cost effectiveness requires a project life cycle perspective where tangible benefits should be evaluated over the period of project economic life. In spite of an effective system to keep track of above mentioned parameter construction companies are finding it difficult to sustain in such a competitive market and they are in continuous hunt to achieve the smarter way to establish cost effective model which could eventually help them to sustain , survive and flourish in today’s competitive market. Following are few project life cycle factors which should be considered for cost evaluation • Initial, Design & construction cost • Ongoing Maintenance and Operation Cost • Parts replacement Cost • Scrap and Salvage Value This paper will high light the need to exploring some other non conventional ways of controlling the cost and achieve the cost target. It will also establish the ways and mechanism to utilize the MIS to effectively apply the Non conventional principles of cost effectiveness in construction

Virulence System of <i>Salmonella</i> with Special Reference to <i>Salmonella enterica</i>

Virulence system of Salmonella is very complex as many genes are involved in contributing the virulence of Salmonella. Some of the genes are involved in enhancing the invasion of organism in host defense system; some are playing their role in survival and replication of organism inside the host, while some genes are involved in the production of molecules that produce the clinical symptoms of the disease. Broadly, we can classify virulence genes into two categories: genes that are located on the virulence contributing plasmid like spvc gene and genes that are chromosomal in nature like stn. On chromosome, virulence genes are located in various clusters, which are known as Salmonella pathogenicity islands and till today seventeen pathogenicity islands have been identified. The genes located on these pathogenicity islands produce several effector molecules, which assist in invasion, replication and survival of Salmonella inside the host. The role of plasmid is still not very clear, but it is presumed that the genes located on virulence plasmids affect the intracellular growth of Salmonella in macrophages. Though lot of research work has been carried out to understand the virulence regulation system of Salmonella, still many questions are to be answered to decode the virulence regulation of Salmonella

The influence of joint line position on functional outcome in primary total knee arthroplasty

Background: To find out the cut off for position of joint line which will provide a good functional outcome.Methods: 58 patients underwent total knee arthroplasty using standard medial parapatellar approach were included in this study. Pre-operative and post-operative radiological joint line were assessed. Pre-operative and post-operative functional assessment were done using oxford knee score and International knee society score. functional outcome was assessed at 1, 3 and 6 months. Influence of post-operative joint line change on functional outcome was assessed on follow up visit in 6th month.Results: Of 58 patients studied, mean age ± SD was 69.0±7.5 years. Joint line elevation of 36, 16, 8 and 2 patients were between 0-2, 2-4 4-8 and&gt;8 mm respectively with mean ± SD of joint line elevation of 2.24±2.07 mm in the group. Mean OKS-knee score at 6 months follow-up of study group was 36.60 with mean IKSS-knee score of 38.17 at 6 months follow up of group&lt;4 mm which was significant (p&lt;0.05) when compared to mean IKSS-knee score at 6 months follow up of group&gt;4 mm (28.40).Conclusions: It was concluded that joint line restoration is necessary for getting a good functional outcome after primary total knee arthroplasty. The functional outcome of patients with joint line elevation between 4-8mm showed inferior outcomes in comparison to the patients with joint line elevation within 4 mm

Critical appraisal of speech in noise tests: a systematic review and survey

Speech in noise tests that measure the perception of speech in presence of noise are now an important part of audiologic tests battery and hearing research as well. There are various tests available to estimate the perception of speech in presence of noise, for example, connected sentence test, hearing in noise test, words in noise, quick speech-in-noise test, bamford-kowal-bench speech-in-noise test, and listening in spatialized noise-sentences. All these tests are different in terms of target age, measure, procedure, speech material, noise, normative, etc. Because of the variety of tests available to estimate speech-in-noise abilities, audiologists often select tests based on their availability, ease to administer the test, time required in running the test, age of the patient, hearing status, type of hearing disorder and type of amplification device if using. A critical appraisal of these speech-in-noise tests is required for the evidence based selection and to be used in audiology clinics. In this article speech-in-noise tests were critically appraised for their conceptual model, measurement model, normatives, reliability, validity, responsiveness, item/instrument bias, respondent burden and administrative burden. Selection of a standard speech-in-noise test based on this critical appraisal will also allow an easy comparison of speech-in-noise ability of any hearing impaired individual or group across audiology clinics and research centers. This article also describes the survey which was done to grade the speech in noise tests on the various appraisal characteristics