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Pneumatic applications are increasing day to day. Nowadays most of the systems are rehabilitated into Pneumatic. This is due to the speed, accuracy and safety of Pneumatic systems, when compared to the rest. Till date the rubber stamping is done manually. It is for the reason that the content, size and shape of Rubber stamp may vary depending on the particular application. But no research is carried out for large measure of similar rubber stamping. In order to save the man power and to reduce the processing time the Pneumatic Rubber Stamping Machine is designed and fabricated.

A system was designed and fabricated to grade apples automatically based on their size using machine vision, in this study. The device included unites to single out, orient and grade apples. A cylinder container with circular hole in bottom which was equipped with agitator was built to single out the apples. This mechanism delivered apples to orientation unit, one by one. Two wooden rails with a specific form which was located on the ramp via adequate slope was used to orient the apples during rolling. After the orientation, apples were placed below the camera to take its photo. The photos were transferred to computer for image processing to determine the grade of apples based on their size. A belt conveyor carries the apples and set them in appropriate place regards to their grade. As a final point, the wind spray valve is opened and the apple is pushed to the marked box. In order to evaluate the constructed system, 10 red and golden delicious apples of each grade were chosen and the completely randomized design test was conducted. The results demonstrated that the most time consumed related to image processing. Almost%85 of apples were properly oriented in the orientation unit and graded correctly. The overall system performance was appropriate, thus the system can be used to grade apples automatically.

The fission product isotopic inventories have been estimated for a 90.2% highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel core of the Ghana Research Reactor-1 (GHARR-1) using the ORIGEN2 code. The results indicate a gradual decrease in the ¹³⁵Xe inventory, and a build up in the ²³⁹U and ²³⁹Np inventory. The results will assist in assessing the bounding radiological consequences of a release of actinides from fuel material. It will also assist in the design of a nuclear spent fuel storage cask for GHARR-1 using local material (Serpentine).

The purpose of this study was to determine the levels of trace elements in some selected fruit juices and carbonated beverages purchased in Accra metropolis, Ghana. The technique used in this study was Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Fruit juices considered in this study includes pineapple, strawberry, lemon and orange. Some carbonated drinks were also analysed in this analysis. The trace elements considered were Al, Br, Ca, Cl, Mg, Mn, Na, K, Cd, Co, and As. Generally, the trace elements in the fruit juices were found to be more than that of the carbonated beverages. As, Cd, Co and Br were not detected in any of the samples analysed. Also Ca, Mg, Mn were not present in all the carbonated drinks studied. The levels of trace elements in both the fruit juices and carbonated drinks were however within permissible levels.

Abstract: It’s a well-known factor that India is one of the largest consumer market in the world. When it comes to analyzing Indian Market, it becomes a holistic process. The very diversity in this country has always given sleepless nights to the marketers. Urban–rural purchaser difference, geographical difference, food habits, inequality in income levels, educational backwardness, regional and religion diversity, socio cultural differences etc. are the major challenges companies face in the process of the branding and marketing. Therefore marketer are now trying to study the fundamental needs and causes of consumers as well as numerous factors which influences the needs and desires in consumers. The rural market has been emerging increasingly and has taken a shape of a potential and a strong market. About 70 per cent of India’s population lives in villages and this is the untapped market which is the boon for the marketers of both national and International levels.

The effect of Mn content on donor binding energy of a hydrogenic donor as a function of dot radius in a GaAs diluted magnetic semiconductor quantum dot is investigated. The Mn based GaAs material is the most thoroughly studied ferromagnetic dilute magnetic semiconductor which brings out the relationship between magnetic and semiconducting properties. All the calculations include the exchange interaction of Mn alloy content with an itinerant carrier. The worked out computation are performed within a single band effective mass approximation using variational technique. The binding energy is calculated by varying its dot radius, for various Mn incorporation in Mn based GaAs inner quantum dot surrounded by the GaAlAs outer barrier material.

We are very happy to announce that from 22nd September 2016, Dr. Clifford Nkemnaso Obi has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He/She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Microbiology. Dr. Clifford Nkemnaso Obi working as Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Michael Okpara University, Agriculture Umudike, P.M.B. 7267, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria. The appointment of Dr. Clifford Nkemnaso Obi as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal.

The main aim of this paper to solve the economic dispatch problem (EDP). The objective of the EDP of electric power generation, whose characteristics are complex and highly non-linear, is to schedule the committed generating unit outputs so as to meet the required load demand at minimum operating cost while satisfying system constraints. Hence, for economic operation of the system, the total demand must be suitably shared among the generating units with an objective to minimize the total generation cost for the system. Economic Dispatch is a procedure to determine the electrical power to be generated by the Committed generating units in a power system so that the total generation cost of the system is minimized, while satisfying the load demand simultaneously. An clone optimization technique for solving the economic dispatch problem in a power system is very useful and gives accurate result compare to other classical method. The proposed technique implemented Clonal Selection algorithm with cloning, mutation and selection approaches. For solving economic load dispatch problem this approach was tested. For generating unit at varies loading condition, the feasibility of proposed technique was demonstrated on a system. The Artificial Immune System optimization technique with Reproduction Crossover and mutation has provided the best result in terms of cost minimization and least execution time.

The aim of the present study is to investigate the optimum operating temperature of a compression ignition (CI) engine that will operate with the minimum level of exhaust emissions. The blends of jatropha with diesel in varying proportions (B10, B20 and B40) are prepared and are investigated in CI engine test rig. The result of engine emissions like CO2, CO, HC and NOx of pure diesel and biodiesel and their blends are shown by various graphical representations with respect to the engine coolant temperature at different engine loads. From the present study, it can be inferred that it is preferable to operate the engine at temperature 65?C-80?C.

Management has always been considered as a foundation for success and effectiveness of the organization and human resources management occupies a significant role in this process. The most important themes of today’s management are to induce motivation among the employees so that such motivation would result in increased working efficiency of personnel. Therefore in the present study the status of personnel’s motivation for job achievement in Bank Saderat of Semnan city and effective factors on progression motivation of personnel was identified and prioritized. Also in order to further enhance the research findings, amount of achievement motivation between employees of different age groups, working experience, various academic degrees and genders was compared. The population of study is constituted of Bank Saderat Personnel of Semnan, among whom 73 are compared as statistical sample obtained through categorizing method for data collection. Also research findings were collected through two questionnaires. Results were analyzed by statistical techniques such as t test, independence, Kruskal-Wallis and AHP & TOPSIS methods. The findings indicate that bank personnel have suitable motivation for job achievement. Also affecting personnel progression are promoting participation, job satisfaction, fairness of promotion system and promotion of employees, conformation of job with personal characteristics of employees, job rotation, objectives and prospects of organization. Also the findings indicate that achievement motivation is different between employees with different age groups, working experience and academic degrees.