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M. Ali-ud-din Khan; Israr Ahmad

. Out of the total 697 respondents 150 wererandomly interviewed using lottery method. The overall for more accurate forecasts of consumption, that led to theresults of the secondary data are in line with the Keynesian development of the permanent income, life cycle andPsychological law of consumption, that consumption is the relative income hypotheses.positive function of income. The coefficients of income is 0.86which is statistically significant at 1 percent level showing, as The central position of the consumption function innational income of Pakistan increases by Rs. 1 million, the Keynesian economics has therefore led to many attemptsconsumption increases by Rs.0.86 million. The potential of

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Carli D. Flynn; Cliff I. Davidson; Sharon Dotger

understandingcan persist throughout their educational career and may hinder were considered, including equation based, graphical, andtheir ability to learn new material [1, 2]. Concept inventories illustrative or descriptive understanding. It was hypothesizedare multiple choice instruments that have been used in several that a lack in any of the three types of understanding of aengineering disciplines as a way to provide reliable and valid fundamental engineering conceptual framework would impedeassessment of students’ misconceptions. Some of these student understanding of advanced engineering concepts.inventories include assessments of conceptual frameworksrelated to rate processes. However, they are usually

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Madhav D. Patil; Tamer Abukhalil

S-bots with rigid gripper and also able to lift The swarm robotics has been a new research paradigm the other S-bots to create bigger structure. Further, theysince the past ten years, which offers novel approaches extended the swarm-bots into swarmanoid project, whichsuch as self-reconfigurability, self-replication, self- focused on the study, design and implementation ofreassembly and self-learning to solve the complex and swarm of heterogeneous robots [1]. In this case, a swarmdistributed problems. Swarm robotics is inspired from the includes robots that can move on the ground, fly andanimals that behave in a group such as insects, ants and climb on vertical surface. In swarmanoid

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Muhammad Aliuddin Khan; Muhammad Hashim

elaborate organizational change or change management[1] . In the wordand bring to light the core concept of the organization change, of coetsee he said that it is the ability of the management thathow it works, diverse factors which moves organization to how they can get maximum benefits and support form changechange, steps for change, resistance for change, change forces, which reduces resistant from the side of employees andchange management approaches and last an example of General encourage appreciate acceptance and support. The process ofMotor (GM) has given that how change was taken place in the changing the activities of the organization as well as

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Allen S. Guinoo; Joshua A. Stewart; Lin Lin

. INTRODUCTION Figure 1: Monthly average daily total of solar radiation on the United States by NREL. The Sun is by far the most clean and powerful sourceenergy generation that can be harnessed here on Earth. On Solar hot air collectors utilize solar energy to heataverage, the sun provides 1,360 watts per square meter to the homes or used as water heaters in the 1920’s. However, theEarth atmosphere, about 1,000 watts per square meter reaches use of coal had taken over for water heating in boilers andthe Earth’s surface during peak conditions [1]. In 2012, solar space heating for domestic reasons in the U.S. But, in

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Priscilla Tengdin; Kayla Santello; Robert Henry

environment.project must be able to read, accurately interpret and work The AISC Steel Sculpture was the example used for thiswith the project drawings. project. “It is crucial for anyone involved in construction and II. S URVEY R ESULTS manufacturing projects to have the ability to read and understand blueprints and building plans. Whether you're In October 2013, notification of a Construction Drawing in the field or in the office, you need to know how the Survey was sent to all the department heads and chairs that site plan affects the building plan, …” [1] are registered with the Department Heads Council (DHC

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Nicholas S. Rosasco; Dane Brown

TOR mapping tool.the attendees were also used as supplements to thepresentation. B. Opening and Initial Assessment With the arrival of each set of STEM participants, anB. Software initial assessment comprised of three background questions A set of DVDs from the TAILS i386 version 0.18 ISO was was conducted to survey their overall awareness of the topicsproduced for student-use laptops, as well as a version of to be presented in the module (see Figure 1). With theUbuntu built as a live boot DVD, specifically Ubuntu Live Summer Seminar attendees

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WANG Zhiguo; GONG Bengang; YANG Shanlin

and use of theoretical model can we set up the dynamic requirement, the operational status vary according toeffective mode of production operation systems to achieve the different times and different circumstances, so the solution ofpurpose of the system—lowest cost, largest profit, reasonable the model is dynamic, multi-objective and multi-stage,allocation of resources and efficient system operation. For this ‘harmonizing cluster results’ method is used to solve the modelreason many domestic and foreign scholars have done a lot of to balance and coordinate the system operation parametersresearch in the relevant aspects. Zhu Jianying[1] has studied the

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Richard Mendoza; Brian Stuckman; Anthony Melkonian; Alexander Gilman

. The groundbreaking design features an atomizer service company. In his spare time the client restores retrounit with a common source reservoir supplying multiple vapori- pinball machines as a hobby thus allowing him the opportunityzation wicks. The design also features an exhaust system that is to use his engineering knowledge in a creative way [1]. One ofcapable of manipulating and removing the created fog within theacrylic containment system. The prototype is controlled through his current projects is restoring a machine and reinventing itsa programmable microcontroller allowing it to function seam

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Daniel Gebremicheal; Paul Cotae

channel is the I. INTRODUCTION signal that takes the binary values ±A as in [1]. The physical model is represented in Fig.1. The joint (2, 3) DMC detector Threshold devices can enhance the efficiency of a transforms the observation into a value which is finallydistributed wireless sensor networks and reduce the cost of compared to a threshold value given it is greater or less thantarget detection by minimizing the probability of false alarm the optimum zero threshold to make a decision. The DMC isunder noisy and realistic conditions. In underwater acoustic completely characterized

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Mohammad H. Hashem; Ahmed A. Al Khawaja; Saleh O. Edhah; Usman I. Hashmi; Al Hareth S. Al Akill

illusive for some. Many stories are circulated of people II. LITERATURE REVIEW having a degree and still earning minimum wage, or hatingUnlike college, during high school, students had sufficient their jobs. This deters college students from finishingtime to understand and comprehend the material clearly. because they think "Why be in debt $75,000 when I am notThe material covered in college requires an intensive going to get ahead." This may be true for some, but the scaleamount of effort and the use of various learning resources. is not evenly balanced [4].According to [1], “college packs about two years of classes

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Robert A. Hilton

exist in the industry that can perform this task. is considered a recessive bit and is considered a logical 1.Most devices are impractical, mostly due to the expense. After the When a dominant bit is asserted (logical 0), CAN H and CANhardware was developed, custom software was written for acomputer operating system platform in order to actually L are driven and the difference between the two is increasedcommunicate with the car. This particular test vehicle did not above the minimum detection threshold. The second standardrequire an ISO 9141 keep-alive message to open the CAN is known as K-Line or ISO 9141 [2]. This is a simplechannel, so

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Suleman Belal Kazi; Sherjeel Sikander; Sadia Yousafzai; Suleman Mazhar

timelydelivery of medical help. The algorithm has been tested onhuman subjects, and the results are also included in this paper. Keywords— accelerometer, mobile phone, fall detection I. INTRODUCTION Falls contribute greatly to accidental injuriesworldwide. Each year around 37.3 million victims receivemedical attention [1]. Roughly 10% to 20% of falls cancause fractures [2]. The elderly are a demographic Fig. 1 Cartesian co-ordinate system of the accelerometerparticularly vulnerable to falls. 30% percent of people withages greater than 65 and 50% with ages above 80 fall eachyear [3]. Hospitalizations due to falls in older people are computationally low cost algorithm that can detect falls

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Usman I. Hashmi; Wessam W. Khalifeh; Abdullah M. Alhinai; Mohammad M. Alrefaai; Mohammad H. Hashem

learningthey graduate from high school to university. The coursework styles.of university is more complicated than high school and theseproblems add to the difficulty students’ face coping with their A. Curriculum importancenew curriculum. This paper addresses the research conductedby a group of Petroleum Institute (PI) students regarding the The curriculum of the first year plays an importantissues which students encounter when transitioning to role in the academic progress of the students. Susan anduniversity. The purpose of our research was to bring these Mark [1] explain specific types of ways in which theproblems to the attention of university staff and faculty. In university staff and academic

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Hussain A. Alhassan; Christian Bach

. As a other highly confidential information, such as full name, dateconsequence, the hospitals create comfortable environments for of birth, social security number, and address.their faculties, staffs, and patients to improve their As a consequence, hospitals reinforce their system withperformance[1]. They design their buildings in a ways that can restricted rules to prevent leaking patient information and raiseeasily and quickly be accessed from each section to another regulation to ensure privacy. Moreover, the hospitals demandand where staff are able to move

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Faisal Z. Miqdadi; Abdulla F. ALMomani; Mohammad T. Shadid Masharqa; Nabil M. Elmousel

1 ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. The Relationship between Time Management and the Academic Performance of Students from the Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi, the UAE Faisal Z. Miqdadi, Abdulla F. ALMomani, Mohammad T. (Shadid Masharqa), and Nabil M. Elmousel relationship to a student’s academic performance. In addition, Abstract—This research study is about time management and it discusses ways to make students more

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Hussain A. Alhassan; Eman Abdel Fattah

wireless, mobile fewer areas of non-coverage. We also have tech-savvy userscommunication is rapidly approaching. Increasingly, consumers that are more diverse in age and economic status than everyare demanding versatile and convenient modes of communication before. One of the three key factors is lagging behind,that are available whenever they want, wherever they are; all of however. That is service [1]. Service in the wirelessthis without losing performance and efficiency. On the other communications world may best be defined as that auspicioushand, the demand for high-speed broadband and technology withless energy costs are growing side-by-side. The

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Hussain A. Alhassan; Christian Bach

according to Irani’s example [8] .mind which makes objects made of silicon and wire come aliveon the screen. It can be as basic as software interacting withsimple hardware installed in kids’ toys. What complicates III. MODELoperating systems is that it has the capability to respond tohuman command which is called intelligent operating [1].Since there are many operating systems invented to performcertain tasks, our paper focuses on operating systems whichwork on computers, whether it is a personal computer or amainframe computer [2]. There are many operating systems developed in the world;some of them are for private at home or school, some are forgovernment use, such as in the military, while others

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David Cain; Brian Layng; Kyle McNulty; Ryan O'Connor; Tomas Estrada

(PLC). The PLC will take input from infraredlike our pace car, the Joggobot uses a camera and sensor sensors in order to dictate the location of the track’s lane line.oriented to follow a strip on a t-shirt worn by the runner. Our initial idea was to keep our speed controller and steeringWhile the products are similar, they do not accomplish the controller as separate entities, however, we found the Arduinosame task of pacing [1]. Uno was capable of executing both

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Varun Pande; Jayanta Paul; Manuel Curillo; Jani Macari Pallis

A basic CubeSat-based stage was launched which acknowledged necessities of LEO-relied science missions I. INTRODUCTION was made also two distinct science and altitude controller systems was made to satisfy both science missions. The DISCOSat-1 mission is the first CubeSat mission to passively measure the frequency, velocity, and directionality A. Mission Plan of the small (~≤1mm) component of man-made and Baseline is to launch CubeSat from the P-POD at 300-km meteoritic material in low Earth orbit (LEO). While larger

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Ketul B Shah; Aritra Ghosh; Md Naim Hossain; Young Lee

1 Enhancing Engineering Educational Using Virtual Lab Technology Ketul B Shah Aritra Ghosh Electrical Engineering Computer Science Department Texas A&M University - Kingsville Texas A&M University - Kingsville Kingsville, TX-78363. USA Kingsville, TX-78363. USA ketul.shah@students.tamuk.edu aritra.ghosh

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Reem Khalid Mahjoub; Christian Bach

. knowledge management models are proposed in the third section. After that, the advantages and disadvantages of knowledge management are discussed with some examples. I. INTRODUCTION The summary, future work and conclusion is added at the end of the paper. Knowledge management is an important factor forstrategy management [1-5]. In earlier models, this overview II. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCHwas built upon the resource-based theory which was

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Raju Shrestha; Mahmoud Elsayed; Paul Cotae

network system. . If the channel is noiseless, the output Different numerical calculation and experimental will be equal to input. However, in practical situations, observation for both network systems such as information the transmission medium is noisy and an input is loss, bit error rate, mutual information, and channel converted to the output Y with probability . capacity are considered. Keywords— mutual information, channel capacity, (1) maximum rate of information, underwater sensor communication, acoustic channel, collaborative network 3. Analyzing

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Yao Agoudavi; Nathan Cyrille; Luis Hernandez; Amber LaGuerre; Zhineng Li; Katherine Vides; Sunil Dehipawala; Andrew Nguyen; Alexei Kisselev; Tak Cheung

student research project has been gaining acceptance by our pre- Keywords— EXAFS; Zn metalloprotein; Fe metalloprotein; engineering students.bond length; local environment Zinc and iron are important in metalloproteins that are involved in biological pathways with zinc metalloprotein being I. INTRODUCTION also implicated in neuro pathways [1]. Synchrotron X-ray Community college pre-engineering students need based absorption spectroscopic technique has been used

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Matthew Foley; Matthew Janiga; John Adams; Yan Varun Pande; Jayanta Paul; Manuel Curillo; Jani Macari Pallis

have lots of spacecraft and vehiclessensors in the payload, keeping in mind the limited energy placed in a carrier which symbolizes a seed pod (Fig. 1). Thesource. The data transmission will be done using Bursts cansat’s can be set free after a controlled delay consideringoperations, to optimize energy usage. We will in the project time and space as advised by Pascal mission team [1] andlaunch an autonomous CanSat that releases a payload. The because it can reduce the impact of collision it is preferred byCansat will be deployed from a rocket at an altitude of at least Atromos team [7].500 plus meters. The container and payload will descend at 12meters per second using a passive

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Hesham Alsahafi; Majed Almaleky

related with robotics, such start location to a target location. Locomotion unit depends onas Zen Robotic Recycling, which has multiple sensors for detection unit in moving and stopping. Pickup unit depends onaccurate analysis. Based on these analyses, the robot can make the control unit to determined and defined target location byindependent decisions to pick up objects from the waste the data, which receive control unit from detection unit.stream [1]. Zen Robotic Recycling can be used only in This work is divided into two important sections,recycling factories and some commercial establishments, but it hardware and software. Hardware section contains

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Hao Dong; Xingguo Xiong; Xuan Zhang

controller, Through using VHDL language to the traffic light controller countdown controller and LED display controller. Led displaydesign, the traffic light control circuit uses digital signal showing the countdown time which give the driver a directlyautomatic control to realize two groups of lights which are red, time conception to reduce the probability of traffic accident.yellow and green.[9]-[12] Those lights command vehicles and According to the simulation phase, the time split module ispedestrians passing safely at the crossroad, which bases on the necessary based on the real-life requirement. [6]data of traffic state transition.[1

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Hamoud Alshammari; Hassan Bajwa; Jeongkyu Lee

Hadoop Based Enhanced Cloud Architecture Hamoud Alshammari1, Hassan Bajwa2 and Jeongkyu Lee1 Department of Computer Science 1 Department of Electrical Engineering2 221 University Ave, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USAAbstract— Explosion of biological data due to large- responsible to distributes data blocks throughout ascale genomic research and advances in high cluster to enable reliable, extremely rapid computationsthroughput data generation tools result in massive [1]. ZooKeeper

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Chrisna Nguon; N. N. Nagadewate; Kavitha Chandra; Charles Thompson

) 4π|x − x0 |Consider a confocal transducer emitting dual-frequencies ωa and ωb onto a volume Ω sur-rounding an ellipsoid scattering region Ωs . Theincident field is represented as Pi (x, t) = +Re Pia (x)(+) ejωa t + Pib (x)(+) ejωb t where Pia +and Pib represent the incident pressure amplitudes.When the incident field ensonifies the scattering vol-ume, the compressibility contrast ǫ = (κs − κ)/κcause the waves to scatter. To obtain an expression for the difference-frequency field, an expansion in pressure P = P0 +P1 +P2 +.., density ρ = ρ0 +ρ1 +ρ2 +..., and veloc-ity u = u0 + u1 + u2 + ... is applied to the governing Figure 1: Depiction of problem geometry. Dual

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Yuan You; V.N. Lakshmi; Saion Sinha; D. Dutta; C.K. Sarkar; S. Basu Mail

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. AFM characterization of Multilayered Graphene film used as Hydrogen Sensor Y. You[1*],V.N. Lakshmi[1], S.K. Sinha [1], D. Dutta[2], C.K.Sarkar[2], S. Basu[2] [1] [2] Department of Physics & Department of Electrical IC Center, Department of Electronics & Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering University of New Haven, Jadavpur University