Kerala Libraries Network (KELNET): a Proposal

Visualizes the conceptual framework and propose the development of a Kerala Library Network (KELNET) by exploring and exploiting the available and the existing social infrastructures, social softwares, open standards and technologies

Emotional Intelligence and Values in Digital World through Emoticons among Indian Students and Faculty

This study aims to striking differences between emotions in the real world, and emoticons of the digital world are the key focus areas as emotions play a crucial role in communication. It is undeniable that the emoticons of the digital world have changed altogether the way language is being perceived. This study also insists that while teaching time management and soft skills to students, it is vital to teaching digital communication (expressions via online). Therefore, it may need to be stressed in the curriculum. Conversation analysis or 'talk-in-interaction, a communication strategy, insists that everyday conversations have significance on the initiator—the method using the Emotional and Social Competency Inventory (ESCI) to get the analysis done. The results confirm a significant relationship between emotional intelligence (particularly on the clusters of self-management, social awareness, and relationship management) and communication skills

Characterization of Indium Doped Tin Disulphide Thin Films using Modified Spray Pyrolysis Technique

Precursor solutions of tin tetrachloride monohydrate (0.1 M), n-n dimethyl thiourea (0.05 M, 0.1 M and 0.2 M) were used to prepare Tin disulphide (SnS2) thin films had been deposited onto glass substrates at different molar concentration at the substrate temperature 573 K using modified spray pyrolysis technique. At the molar concentration ratio 1:2, the physical properties were studied for undoped and Indium doped tin disulphide thin films. Using hot probe technique, the films are found to be n type electrical conduction. X ray diffraction analysis revealed single phase tin disulphide thin film with higher intensity and belongs to hexagonal structure and the polycrystalline nature of a preferential orientation along (002) plane. The crystallites sizes were determined using the Full Width at Half Maximum values of Bragg peaks. SEM micrographs had shown that morphologies of the films changed with Indium doping. The optical absorption and transmittance spectra have been recorded for as prepared films in the visible wavelength range in nanometer. From the analysis of the absorption region data, direct and direct forbidden optical transition nature was determined for the films in the above wavelength range. FTIR study had been carried out for the bond evaluation

Partially isolated four port converter with combined PWM and secondary phase shift control

A partially isolated four-port converter is proposed in this paper for interfacing two renewable sources and a storage device with an isolated load. This converter is capable of achieving high power density because of the effective sharing of devices among the input ports. Combined PWM and secondary phase shift control is employed to have a decoupled power flow management of input and output side ports. PWM control is used at the input side for maximum power tracking of renewable sources and battery power management. At the output side, secondary Phase shift control is used for controlling the output voltage. The adopted secondary phase shift control allows the primary switching legs to be operated with 1800 phase shift which results in reduced current ripple at input ports. The working principle of the converter, its output characteristics and control strategy are discussed. Working of the converter and its control strategy is verified through simulation for different input and output conditions. Further, to validate the simulation results, the experimental results of a 500W prototype are also provided

Kerala Libraries Network (KELNET): a Proposal

Visualizes the conceptual framework and propose the development of a Kerala Library Network (KELNET) by exploring and exploiting the available and the existing social infrastructures, social softwares, open standards and technologies

Publication Output of Journal ‘Veterinary World’ (2008-2017) : A Bibliometric Analysis

This paper presents a bibliometric study of the journal Veterinary World during the year 2008-2017. The year wise distribution of papers, authorship pattern, institution-wise distribution, length of the papers, type of the document published, international authored contributions and citation etc., of the journal have been taken for this study. The total number of documents published during the period has been 1954 and they have been pulled out from Scopus database. The highest number of publications registered in 2016 (250 articles, 12.79%) and the lowest was in 2008 (132 articles, 6.76%). The annual average growth rate of 7.32% and the highest growth rate are in the year 2013 with 51.70%. The degree of collaboration is 0.97 and out of a total 1954 articles 1890 (96.72%) are joint authored publications and only 64 (3.28%) are single author contribution. Indian researchers have contributed 72.62 percentages during the period