Awareness of Students on Genetically Modified Organisms in a State University: Basis for a Proposed University Awareness Program

As an educational institution, there is a need to be well informed especially about pressing issues and concerns affecting humanity and one such issue is on the genetically modified organism. GMOs are organisms that have gone through some genetic alterations. It has become a business that may have started with good intentions, but that which have been described by experts as something that can also affect large numbers of people in yet unforeseen ways, that some are not even aware of the fact that they are consuming GMO food. The study aimed to find out the level of awareness of Technology and Livelihood Education students in a State University in Region 02 on Genetically Modified Organisms with the hope that many people will acquire knowledge for the development of the community. It made use of the quantitative descriptive-inferential approach using a questionnaire checklist validated by experts. Weighted mean and Analysis of Variance were used to analyze the data gathered. Findings show that most of the respondents have a low level of awareness on genetically modified organisms in food products and have a very low level of awareness in terms of genetically modified plants, animals, medicine, and the possible health risks these can bring about. Furthermore, findings reveal that there is a significant difference on their level of awareness in terms of genetically modified food products, plants, animals, medicines. With the findings and conclusions gathered, there is a great need to raise the level of awareness of the respondents on genetically modified organisms. Thereby, the researchers proposed the University Awareness Program on genetically modified organisms making every student in the university fully aware of the issue of GMOs.

Peanut Crisp: A Protein-Rich Snack

Peanut processed products sold in the local market are still limited but the potential is great. There is a need therefore to explore more diversified peanut products that are acceptable, nutritious, and within the buying capacity of the general consumers. This study aimed to produce crisp; a very popular snack food utilizing rice and peanut at various levels applying some appropriate technologies. The products were analyzed and evaluated to determine their sensory qualities, nutritive value, and profitability. The treatments of the study were different proportions of rice and peanut. Replication was done three times and Completely Randomized Design (CRD) was used. The crisp products were rated and results showed that these had good sensory qualities. Peanut significantly improved the taste and crispiness acceptability as well as the protein quality. Based on cost and return analysis, the commercial processing of the products either in a household or small scale operation indicates good economic profitability.

A Experimental Study of Laboratory Compaction and Sand Cone on Foundation Tub Soil

Soil is a very important material so that it must be able to support the loads above it, so the soil must have a sufficiently good soil bearing capacity. In this study, the soil compaction was compared with the laboratory compaction method with the sandcone method. The objectives of the study were knowing the characteristics of the soil and knowing the laboratory compaction compares with the sandcone compaction in the foundation tub. Soil is drawn from the same point for the Proctor Test and Sand cone Test. The results of this test are used in the foundation model test. Characteristics testing in the laboratory: moisture content, density, consistency limits (LL, PL), sieve analysis, hydrometer, laboratory compaction and sandcone. Research result It was found that the soil type was based on the AASHTO classification was A-7-5 and the soil classification based on the Unifield Soil Classification System (USCS) was MH. Laboratory compaction (Proctor Test) average moisture content of 32.26%, γd maximum 1.33 g/cm³, and the sandcone compaction of model foundation test of soil without foundation ɣd was 1.36 g/cm³ , Vertically arranged tire foundation ɣd was 1.36 g /cm³ , horizontally arranged tire foundation ɣd was 1.36 g /cm³

Impact of Rooftop PV Shading on Net Electrical Energy Demand of Buildings in Pakistan

This work performs a quantitative assessment of the impact of rooftop PV installation on building’s net energy demand using model of roof structure and steady state thermal simulations. For this purpose, roof structure typically used in Faisalabad, Pakistan is modeled with and without the shading effect due to a 395 W commercial rooftop PV setup. The simulated parameters include the impact of PV module’s dimensions, mounting position/angle alongside roof size and ambient conditions on heat load of air-conditioning system to maintain a temperature of 25 °C within building’s top floor. During the daylight hours of July, the heat load added by the roof on average reduces from 150.87 BTU/h/m2 without PV to 118.16 BTU/h/m2 with PV structure. This 20.05% reduction in energy demand has been achieved with July’s maximum daytime solar and infrared irradiances of 792.2 W/m2 and 466 W/m2 recorded at an average ambient temperature of 35.5 °C and wind speed of 2.75 m/s. This study provides valuable data on optimization of roof layer structure during building’s construction in anticipation of PV system installation at a later stage. Also developed techniques/methods to reduce building’s energy budget due to PV installation, can be valuable input for construction industry as well.

A Review on Parameters of Internet Gateway Discovery in MANETS

The input parameters are very crucial in simulation tools for the analysis of data after the implementation. Authors in Mobile ad hoc Networks and particularly in Internet gateway discovery, face some challenges on how to decide on the choice of specific parameters. A wrong choice of input parameters could lead to a doubtful result by other researchers. A best practice is to follow what other authors are using as input parameters in their paper. This review analyses 72 proceeding papers and articles in different digital libraries: google scholar, IEEE Xplore, Elsevier, Springer, and snowball from 2010-2020. We present the result of our survey in this paper. We recommend the input parameters research should use base on the high utilisation as reference. Our review will help the community in MANET and Internet gateway to improve the credibility of the input parameters.

Mechanical Properties of Commercial Particleboard from Rubberwood (Hevea Brasiliensis) and Recycle Mix-Tropical Wood with Different Board Density

In this study, mechanical properties of commercially manufactured hybrid particleboard from mix-tropical wood and rubberwood with four different densities at 25mm thickness have been investigated. The particleboard sample cutting and testing was in accordance to EN312:2013. The density of particleboard is identified with interval of 10kg/m3 for different densities which include 660kg/m3, 670kg/m3, 680kg/m3 and 690kg/m3. Particleboards were made with the ratio of 40:60 for mix-tropical wood particle and rubberwood particle respectively. The particleboards were prepared with urea formaldehyde (UF) with E1 formulation with addition of wax and hardener. Increment of 10kg/m3 density for each particleboard led to increase in internal bonding (IB), bending testing include modulus of rupture (MOR) and modulus of elasticity (MOE), surface soundness (SS) and screw edge (SE) withdrawal. It was found that with board increment of 10kg/m3, the improvement was not statically significant except that for MOR. All panels met the minimum requirements of standard.

A* Algorithm for Shortest Path in Robot Motion

Mobile robot motion in real-time has many challenges in terms of reaching the exact destination and avoid obstacles. In this work, A * algorithm has been selected to show the robot motion in simulation through Matlab software. Different destinations are selected with several obstacles. A * algorithm shows the ability to achieve the shortest path distance for mobile robot motion as well to avoid different obstacles. Thus, the A * algorithm can be an attractive choice to achieve the best shortest path distance for Mobile robot motion.

A Weight Influence of Logarithmic and Exponential Functions on the Selection of Wireless Networks using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods

This research aims to study the influence of logarithmic and exponential functions on the multi-criteria decision-making algorithm that changes linear method to nonlinear method. It is carried out to better understand the multi-criteria decision-making, namely the technique for preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) algorithm whereby in which these functions may influence the criteria weights during the selection of the best network. The investigation is applied under different network types to evaluate the most optimum network that leads to better throughput, low latency, minimum BER, and low price per MB. The algorithms are assessed in MATLAB simulation environments. The study also considered the adoption of the Wi-Fi networks standard which is factors such as bandwidth, signal to noise ratio and the channel modulation technique were determined during the decision-making process. The simulation results show that the exponential function had produced approximately similar results to that of linear TOPSIS algorithm because both methods keep the weights to demonstrate positive values. However, logarithmic TOPSIS produced different results as the weights have negative values which lead to a phase shift of 180⁰ during the decision process. Thus, linear TOPSIS was found to have the best results while logarithmic TOPSIS had the worst outcome.

Ant Lion Optimization of On-Grid Supported by PV/Wind Considering Libyan Energy

The increasing developments in Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) which provide benefits to address the growing future electricity demand need to be studied in depth. For better power performance to solve difficulties in power production, the On-grid system integrated with RESs can be adopted. This paper is aimed to shed light on two main RESs which are Photovoltaic (PV) and Wind Turbine (WT) with battery connected to the utility grid as an on-grid system to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7). In this paper, the Energy Management Strategy (EMS) is applied to achieve the objective functions which are Levelise Cost Energy (LCE), and Loss of Load Hours (LOLH), and to calculate the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission. Hence, Rule-Based EMS (RB-EMS) is supported to strategies the mechanism of the system by implementing a recent nature–inspired method namely Ant Lion Optimization (ALO). This paper encourages researchers to adopt the aforementioned method for solving problems due to the available benefits. The primary contribution of this article is to provide up-to-date and state-of-the-art knowledge to achieve the proposed objective functions of this study by utilizing MATLAB environment.

A Comparative Analysis of the Online Scheduling System

Scheduling system is developed based on customers, individuals or organizational preferences in order to create an efficient and effective management of arrangement in prioritization, tasks, place and time. Some of scheduling systems will integrate a database for effective access of editing, viewing and recording amount of data. However, poor scheduling practices would cause undesirable time redundancy and inefficient process just to schedule a timetable for the lecturers and students. Poor scheduling also can cause a misunderstanding between lectures such as double-assignations of lectures, cancellations of presentations, clash in class schedule, prolonged postponement as well as inefficiency in terms of resources and time. A good scheduling system could generate optimal presentation of timetables and enable a direct interaction between lecturers and administration staff that will take into account all the constraints such as to check availability of time and place of events and real-time updates that will help data handling accuracy, cost effective and efficient time management. Therefore, this study will make a comparison and execute a standard process of scheduling framework for future practice in academic industry. This paper presents a practical method for making a comparison based on the studies on existing scheduling system.