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The Effectiveness of Science Textbook Based on Science Technology Society for Elementary School Level

10.11591/ijere.v7i2.13022
Alifah Kartikasari , Roemintoyo Roemintoyo , Sri Yamtinah
This study reports a quasi-experimental investigating the development of Science textbook based on Science Technology and Society for elementary school. The data collection was got from the achievement test (pretest-posttest). The population was all fourth-grade students of elementary schools in Gatak Subdistrict and the sample of the study was two schools as an experimental class and control class. The research sample was taken by random sampling technique. The results of this research showed that there was an improvement of student achievement before and after the implementation of science textbook based on Science Technology and Society. The result of the independent sample t-test shows that tobs is higher than table (5.489>1.681). The outcomes of the learning improvement in the experimental class based on the acquisition of N-Gain scores of 0.558. Based on tobs results, H0 is rejected. So it can be concluded that the development of a science textbook based on Science Technology Society in elementary school is appropriate to use for learning.
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Page: 127–131
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Mediation Role of Locus of Control on the Relationship of Learned-helplessness and Academic Procrastination among College Students in Penang, Malaysia.

10.11591/ijere.v7i2.12597
Kususanto Prihadi , Christine Y.H. Tan , Reimy T.S. Tan , Poh Ling Yong , Jonathan H.E Yong , Sharvini Tinagaran , Chee Leong Goh , Yu Jin Tee
This study aims to study the mediation role of locus of control on the impact of learned helplessness on students’ academic procrastination. Studies reported that more than 70% university students procrastinate, and one of the causes is the perception that one is vulnerable or helpless in finishing the procrastinate tasks. It was hypothesized that internal locus of control iLOC can reduce the effect if the learned helplessness (LH) on academic procrastination. Data was collected from 60 university students by utilizing instruments such as Duttweiller’s Internal Control Scale, Pure Procrastination Scale (adapted for academic setting) and Learned Helplessness Scale. Multiple regression with Process add-on showed that full mediation occurred; the prediction of LH on procrastination became insignificant when iLOC is controlled. In other words, when students believe that they are in control of their events, the less likely they will procrastinate doing their tasks due to helpless feeling.
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Page: 87–93
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Long-Range Monitoring System with PDMS Material

10.11591/ijeecs.v10.i3.pp974-979
Norsaidah Muhamad Nadzir , M. K. A. Rahim , F. Zubir , H. A. Majid
This paper describes the development of a long range monitoring system that integrates Cottonwood: UHF Long Distance RFID reader module with Raspberry Pi 3. When a UHF RFID tag is within the UHF RFID reader antenna’s range, the unique ID of the tag will be transferred to the Raspberry Pi 3 to be processed. Then, the data will be sent over to the database wirelessly to be managed, stored, and displayed. The paper also describes the measurement done to determine the most suitable thickness of PDMS material so that it could be incorporated as a wearable transponder. After the result is calculated and tabulated, it can be concluded that the most suitable thickness of PDMS material for the transponder is 8 mm.
Volume: 10
Issue: 3
Page: 974-979
Publish at: 2018-06-01

A Cooperative Cache Management Scheme for IEEE802.15.4 based Wireless Sensor Networks

10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1701-1710
Piyush Charan , Tahsin Usmani , Rajeev Paulus , Syed Hasan Saeed
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) based on the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC and PHY layer standards is a recent trend in the market. It has gained tremendous attention due to its low energy consumption characteristics and low data rates. However, for larger networks minimizing energy consumption is still an issue because of the dissemination of large overheads throughout the network. This consumption of energy can be reduced by incorporating a novel cooperative caching scheme to minimize overheads and to serve data with minimal latency and thereby reduce the energy consumption. This paper explores the possibilities to enhance the energy efficiency by incorporating a cooperative caching strategy.
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Page: 1701-1710
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Antenna Azimuth Position Control System using PID Controller & State-Feedback Controller Approach

10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1539-1550
Aveen Uthman , Shahdan Sudin
This paper analyzed two controllers with the view to improve the overall control of an antenna azimuth position. Frequency ranges were utilized for the PID controller in the system; while Ziegler-Nichols was used to tune the PID parameter gains. A state feedback controller was formulated from the state-space equation and pole-placements were adopted to ensure the model design complied with the specifications to meet transient response. MATLAB Simulink platform was used for the system simulation. The system response for both the two controllers were analyzed and compared to ascertain the best controller with best azimuth positioning for the antenna. It was observed that state-feedback controller provided the best azimuth positioning control with a little settling time, some value of overshoot and no steady-state error is detected.
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Page: 1539-1550
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Unit Commitment Problem in Electrical Power System: A Literature Review

10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1357-1372
Idriss Abdou , Mohamed Tkiouat
Unit commitment (UC) is a popular problem in electric power system that aims at minimizing the total cost of power generation in a specific period, by defining an adequate scheduling of the generating units. The UC solution must respect many operational constraints. In the past half century, there was several researches treated the UC problem. Many works have proposed new formulations to the UC problem, others have offered several methodologies and techniques to solve the problem. This paper gives a literature review of UC problem, its mathematical formulation, methods for solving it and Different approaches developed for addressing renewable energy effects and uncertainties.
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Page: 1357-1372
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Selection of Digital Filter for Microprocessor Protection Relays

10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1498-1512
Denis B. Solovev
The article considers some issues related to replacement of electromechanical relays used for protection of power facilities with microprocessor relays. One of the urgent problems connected with implementation of microprocessor overcurrent protections is how to use current transducers other than usual current transformers and in particular Rogowski coils that become more and more widespread. In the article are compared twelve methods of synthesis of a digital filter basing on the analog prototype – second-order integrating filter. The bilinear filter and Boxer-Thaler filters are analyzed in respect to their use in microprocessor relays. Basing on the research results a technique for selection of parameters of digital integrating filters for microprocessor relays is proposed. Simulation results show that Boxer-Thaler and bilinear filters have better accuracy during transient current measurements than the analog filter. The study allows concluding that in many cases the digital second-order bilinear filter is the best choice for use in microprocessor relays.
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Page: 1498-1512
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Neural Network and Local Search to Solve Binary CSP

10.11591/ijeecs.v10.i3.pp1319-1330
Adil Bouhouch , Hamid Bennis , Chakir Loqman , Abderrahim El Qadi
Continuous Hopfield neural Network (CHN) is one of the effective approaches to solve Constrain Satisfaction Problems (CSPs). However, the main problem with CHN is that it can reach stabilisation with outputs in real values, which means an inconsistent solution or an incomplete assignment of CSP variables. In this paper, we propose a new hybrid approach combining CHN and min-conflict heuristic to mitigate these problems. The obtained results  show  an  improvement  in  terms  of  solution  quality,  either  our approach achieves feasible soluion with a high rate of convergence, furthermore, this approach can also enhance theperformance more than conventional CHN in some cases, particularly, when the network crashes.
Volume: 10
Issue: 3
Page: 1319-1330
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Design of an Interdigital Structure Planar Bandpass Filter for UWB Frequency

10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1654-1658
S. M. A. Motakabber , M. N. Haidari
A new topology of miniaturized interdigital structuremicrostrip planar bandpass filter for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) frequency has been discussed in this paper. The proposed design and its simulation have been carried out by using an electromagnetic simulation software named CST microwave studio. The Taconic TLX-8 microwave substrate has been used in this research. The experimental result and analysis have been performed by using the microwave vector network analyzer. The experimental result showed that the -10dB bandwidth of the filter is 7.5GHz. The lower and upper corner frequencies of the filter have been achieved at 3.1GHz and 10.6GHz respectively. At the center frequency of 6.85GHz, the -1dB insertion loss and the -7dB return losshave been observed. The simulated and experimental results are well agreed with a compact size filter of 19×21×0.5mm3.
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Page: 1654-1658
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Transceiver Design for MIMO Systems with Individual Transmit Power Constraints

10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1583-1595
Raja Muthalagu
This paper investigate the transceiver design for single-user multiple-input multipleoutput system (SU-MIMO). Joint transceiver design with an improper modulation is developed based on the minimum total mean-squared error (TMSE) criterion under two different cases. One is equal power allocation (EPA) and other is the power constraint that jointly meets both EPA and total transmit power constraint (TTPC) (i.e ITPC). Transceiver is designed based on the assumption that both the perfect and imperfect channel state information (CSI) is available at both the transmitter and receiver. The simulation results show the performance improvement of the proposed work over conventional work in terms of bit error rate (BER).
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Page: 1583-1595
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Effect of the Thickness of High Tc Superconducting Rectangular Microstrip Patch over Ground Plane with Rectangular Aperture

10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1611-1617
Nabil Boukhennoufa , Lotfi Djouane , Houcine Oudira , Mounir Amir , Tarek Fortaki
In recent years, a great interest has been observed in the development and use of new materials in microwave technology. Particularly, a special interest has been observed in the use of superconducting materials in microwave integrated circuits, this is due to their main characteristics. In this paper, the complex resonant frequency problem of a superconductor patch over Ground Plane with Rectangular Aperture is formulated in terms of an integral equation, the kernel of which is the dyadic Green’s function. Galerkin’s procedure is used in the resolution of the electric field integral equation. The surface impedance of the superconductor film is modeled using the two fluids model of Gorter and Casimir. Numerical results concerning the effect of the thickness of the superconductor patch on the characteristics of the antenna are presented.
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Page: 1611-1617
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Security Solutions Using Brain Signals

10.11591/ijai.v7.i2.pp105-110
Anupama. H.S , Anusha M , Aparna Joshi , Apoorva N , N.K. Cauvery , Lingaraju. G.M
A Brain Computer Interface is a direct neural interface or a brain–machine interface. It provides a communication path between human brain and the computer system. It aims to convey people's intentions to the outside world directly from their thoughts. This paper focuses on current model which uses brain signals for the authentication of users. The Electro- Encephalogram (EEG) signals are recorded from the neuroheadset when a user is shown a key image (signature image). These signals are further processed and are interpreted to obtain the thought pattern of the user to match them to the stored password in the system. Even if other person is presented with the same key image it fails to authenticate as the cortical folds of the brain are unique to each human being just like a fingerprint or DNA.
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Page: 105-110
Publish at: 2018-06-01

An Empirical Study on Peer-to-Peer Sharing of Resources in Mobile Cloud Environment

10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1933-1938
R. K. Nadesh , M. Aramudhan
The increase usage of mobile users with internet and interoperability among the cloud services intensifies the role of distributed environemtnt in today’s real world application. Modern technologies are important for building rich, scalable and interoperable applications. To meet the requirements of client,the cloud service provider should offer adequate infrastructure especially under heavy multi-client load.To provide solution for large scale requirements and to statisfy the mobile client from the critical situation like lacking with bandwidth,connectivity issues,service completion ratio, we present adhoc virtual cloud model  for different scenarios that include single and multiple client configurations with various file sizes of various file formats for retrieving files in the mobile cloud environement.We evaluate the strategies with the socket and RMI implemented using java and identify the best model for real world applications. Performance evaluation is done with the results obtained and recommends that when sockets and RMI can be appropriately used in peer-to-peer environment when the mobile user cannot connect directly to the cloud services.
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Page: 1933-1938
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Development of Automatic Mixing Process for Fertigation System in Rock Melon Cultivation

10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1913-1919
Muhammad Khairie Idham Abd Rahman , Salinda Buyamin , M. S. Zainal Abidin , Musa Mohd Mokji
This work proposed an automatic mixing system of nutrient solution for rock melon fertigation according to the required electrical conductivity (EC) level. Compared to the manual practice, this automatic system will ensure continuous supply of mixed nutrient solution without the need to daily check and mix new nutrient. Thus, this easy to use and low cost automatic system will reduce the burden of the farmers. This system uses an EC sensor to automatically check the concentration level of the mixed nutrient solution. Other than that, the system only consists of electronic pumps for mixing process and an Arduino board as the controller. The controller will monitor the EC level and run the mixing process when the EC level is below the required level. By calibrating the EC sensors, the test shows that the automatic mixing system is able to accurately keep the mixed nutrient solution concentration in a 400 L mixing reservoir at several required levels.
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Page: 1913-1919
Publish at: 2018-06-01

Extended Bandwidth Optimized and Energy Efficient Dynamic Source Routing Protocol in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks

10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1460-1466
Bindiya Bhatia , M. K. Soni , Parul Tomar
With the increase in the evolution of wireless communication, the ad-hoc networks are gaining attention and are significantly becoming the technology solutions to the various problems. Mobile ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) are envisaged to grow as a main component in the today 4G architecture, and ad hoc networks are projected to be a significant element of the whole future wireless communication. The MANETs are infrastructure less, self-forming and self-organizing network in which there is no control of any centralized entity. The nodes are free to move around the network with dynamic topology. But this self formation, flexibility and scalability create many challenges and design constraints like hidden  terminal, limited bandwidth, limited energy of a node, unpredictable change in the topology etc. Bandwidth and energy are the scarce resources of the network. In order to effectively manage the consumption of bandwidth and energy, an algorithm is proposed which is the extension of traditional Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) reactive routing protocol. The extended protocol applies the mobile agents to carry the data. The proposed work is intended to optimize the bandwidth and making the protocol energy efficient.
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Page: 1460-1466
Publish at: 2018-06-01
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