Samarkand and Bukhara, two of the most historically important cities on the Silk Road, have been renowned for centuries for their architectural charm and cultural legacy. This article discusses their architectural development, analyzing how Persian, Turkic, and Islamic traditions influenced their cityscapes. The article emphasizes the application o...

By Ollabergan Allaberganov, Nargiza Mirtalipova, Gulnozakhon Ganieva, Guli Isayeva, Shamsikamar Abatova, Nodira Nurullayeva, Dilfuzakhon Kozokboeva, Mavzuna Mukhiddinova

Providing clean and affordable energy for domestic use remains a persistent challenge in hot and arid regions, particularly in off-grid communities. This study presents a geo-environmental analysis of an innovative low-cost solar stove designed using recycled aluminum heat exchangers and copper tubing, pressurized with air to enhance thermal conduc...

By Zainab A Alzarfi, Safaa M. Almudhafar, Israa Jafar, Jameel Al-Naffakh, Basim Almayahi

Within SAP ERP systems, large-scale enterprise environments grapple with financial transaction reconciliation along with compliance monitoring as some of the most intricate and error-prone processes. This research examines automating reconciliation processes augmented with real-time compliance monitoring through the integration of RPA into SAP S/4 ...

By Nagendra Harish Jamithireddy

This study presents an advanced nonlinear numerical analysis using ABAQUS to assess the blast resistance of curved rubber-reinforced concrete (RRC) barrier walls. Four types of concrete, normal concrete (NC), and rubberized concretes with 10%, 30%, and 50% rubber particle volume fractions (RC10, RC30, RC50) were modeled and evaluated under blast lo...

By Islam Ali Mahmoud, Ashraf A. A. Beshr, Ahmed E. Sedawy

Integration of Industrie 4.0 technologies with the Management Information Systems (MIS) has become a vital approach to improving effectiveness of the decision-making process in modern organizations. Cyber physical systems, the internet of things (IoT), big data, and artificial intelligence (AI) are the tools for companies of Industrie 4.0, which me...

By C. Rajkumar, Gajraj Singh, Arun Khatri, Zokir Sodikov, Chaitanya Niphadkar, Tanima Tarafdar, Baratov Khakimbek Abdufattokhovich, K. Sathishkumar

This paper outlines the design and development of a blockchain-secured pharmaceutical supply chain traceability system that uses IoT and cloud computing to overcome the major problems in pharmaceutical manufacturing, including counterfeiting, fraud, and regulatory compliance. The system consists of IoT equipment, such as RFID tags, environmental se...

By Sapna Bawankar, Roohee Khan, Sindhusaranya Balraj

This paper discusses how data-based strategic and financial management can contribute to the competitive advantage of science and technology-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). SMEs are challenged to use data to make better business decisions in an ever-dynamic and technology-driven market. This research combines data analytics into a ...

By Ravinder Sharma, Shyam Maurya

Proper brain tumor segmentation is of great importance in the diagnosis and treatment planning. In this paper, the author presents an EfficientNet-modified U-Net-based system to segment the glioma in the pre-operative MRI scans using the BraTS 2018 dataset. This data consists of four types of MRI (T1, T2, T1Gd, and FLAIR). The model uses the Effici...

By P.A. Monisha, S. Sukumaran, G. Karthikeyan

The study fills the gap in the current understanding of available legal safeguards and the actual inclusion of transgender workers that, despite constitutional and legislative requirements in India, there is still no equal access to work-related facilities, computerized systems, and company policies. In order to fill this gap, the research will use...

By Bhargabi Baruah, Sonika Bhardwaj

Influential node detection in networks is vital in diverse applications, particularly with the online social networks (OSNs). Measures of centrality, traditional ones, fail to sufficiently describe the influence of nodes on complex and multilayered networks. This paper presents a novel hybrid method that combines traditional topological centrality ...

By CS. Saradha