This study investigates the seismic performance of a four-story reinforced concrete frame building with irregularities, situated on sloping ground. Recognizing the increasing prevalence of construction on slopes due to population growth and urban expansion, this research employs a step-back model on the sloping terrain at inclinations of 0°, 10...

By Tushar Golait, Neeraj Tiwari, Manjeet Singh Hora

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of participatory urban planning on community well-being and quality of life. Urban planning is done to transform urban areas into sustainable cities with adequate open spaces and many features of smart cities. To achieve successful urban planning, active and involved participation of the stakeholders is neces...

By Ammar A Naji

The concept of monitoring conditions with the help of AI has become a significant aspect of Industry 4.0 that enhances machine reliability and provides predictive maintenance. However, the models of anomaly detection based on deep learning are not readily implemented because of their lack of interpretability. The article introduces a novel anomaly ...

By M. Mohamed Musthafa, A. Aafiya Thahaseen, R. Arulmozhi, S. Mohammed Ibrahim, S. Sangeetha, M. Rabiyathul Fathima, M. Gowthami, P. Esaiyazhini

This paper introduces a new E-voting system that uses the consensus algorithms to ensure secure, efficient, and transparent voting processes on the basis of blockchain. The suggested model combines a number of cryptographic methods and consensus algorithms to overcome the current issues related to the traditional voting systems, including slow proc...

By V. Malathi, R. Jaichandran

The sophistication of the contemporary code has augmented defect prediction (SDP) with vital concerns like severe imbalance in classes, high redundancy of features and failure of conventional techniques to gain the rich semantic and structural context of a source code. The model suggested within the current paper is HDA-SE-GFF that has Semantic-Enr...

By P. Bhavani, N. Danapaquiame

One of the major issues in the agricultural industry is cocoa quality determination that may be based on subjective sensory assessment techniques that may cause inconsistency and losses after harvesting. The following research will solve the set of issues by taking the Mumford-Shah functional algorithm with the image segmentation, to evaluate the q...

By Eduardo Arturo Guillen Bazan, Pablo Cesar Medrano Nina, Neicer Campos Vasquez

The main and primary goal of the research in this paper is to analyze the actual current situation in domestic civil engineering, by determining the causes of missing deadlines and exceeding budgets of civil engineering projects. Since the results of this research also indicate the most likely problems that could arise during the construction of a ...

By Goran Marinković, Tihomir Milutinović, Marko Božić

This research paper focuses on evaluating the log piling technique as a sustainable, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly solution for reducing soil liquefaction risks during earthquakes. Although this method has been used extensively in Japan, mainly aiming for complete soil layer penetration, its economic viability is questionable in case...

By Nikolay Milev, Kiyota Takashi, Osawa Shoei, Numata Atsunori

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have gained widespread interest as a result of developments in IT technology and the electronics industry. This ground-breaking sensing technology consists of multiple sensor nodes or motes that are placed in an atmosphere to detect constantly changing physical phenomena. These compact sensor nodes gather and interpr...

By S. Pragadeswaran, N. Subha, S. Varunika, P. Moulishwar, R. Sanjay, P. Karthikeyan, R. Aakash, E. Vaasavathathaii

The article explains the interrelation of stratigraphy to mineralogy for geological history. Stratigraphy is the study of the layering of rocks and it deals with chronology, very important in understanding the past environments of the Earth. Mineralogy is the study of minerals and their properties and is able to give insight into the conditions und...

By Orzikul Khakimov, Olim Ortiqov, Nazira Ramazanova, Botir Okbutaev, Oliya Mukhammadieva, Uktam Abdinazarov, Abdumalik Khamidov, Khuriyat Khudoymurodova