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Analysis of traffic characteristics of intercity highway

Majority of Indian National Highways and State Highways are two-lane roads. Due to heterogeneous traffic and increase in the number of vehicles every year, the speed, capacity and Percentile speed of these roads is very less. Nowadays these two-lane roads are upgraded into multilane highways. In this project an attempt is made to study the changes in traffic characteristics of road after its up gradation. Four traffic characteristics namely Spot Speed, Volume, Percentile Speed and Capacity are studied in this project. Data was collected from National Highway No. 361 which was two-lane road and is now up graded into four-lane road. The data of two-lane road and four-lane road was compared and analysed. Spot Speed is used to derive the distribution of traffic stream at a particular location. Flow or volume denotes the number of vehicles travelling on the road with respect to time. 15th, 50th, 85th percentile speed was calculated to study the traffic behaviour on road. Capacity was calculated by using Greenshield’s model.

Published by: Ashutosh Kale, Sanket Sanghai

Author: Ashutosh Kale

Paper ID: V5I3-1266

Paper Status: published

Published: May 8, 2019

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Review Paper

Infection control

Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) are a major global safety concern for both patients as well as healthcare professionals. Many factors promote infection among hospitalized patients – decreased immunity among patients; increasing variety of medical procedures and invasive techniques creating potential routes of infection; and the transmission of the drug-resistant bacteria among the crowded hospital populations where poor infection control practices can facilitate transmission. Dental care providers, in particular, are also at an increased risk as they are providing care by working with sharp instruments at very high speeds and limited access in an environment that is bathed in saliva and, in many instances, blood. Dental care professionals are at high risk of cross-infection while treating patients. The dental clinic is an environment where dis¬ease transmission occurs easily. Prevention of cross-infection in the dental clinic is, therefore, a crucial aspect of the dental practice, and dental clinic workers must adopt certain basic routines while practicing.

Published by: Dr. Ankita Singh, Dr. Anuradha P., Dr. Manu Narayan, Dr. Sahana S., Dr. Sugandha Agarwal, Dr. Shweta Singh

Author: Dr. Ankita Singh

Paper ID: V5I3-1231

Paper Status: published

Published: May 8, 2019

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Comparative study on strength and economy of conventional and high-performance concrete using crushed sand and river sand

The concrete which incorporates wastes and is environment-friendly is called as green concrete. Green concrete is a revolutionary concept in the history of the construction industry. Concrete is an eco- friendly material and the overall impact on the environment per ton of concrete is limited. The paper focuses on the aspect of choosing a material for green concrete. It presents the feasibility of using fly ash, quarry dust, marble powder, plastic waste, and recycled concrete and masonry as aggregates in concrete. The use of fly ash and stone quarry dust in concrete contributes to a reduction in bad environmental repercussions. To avoid the pollution and reuse of waste material, the present study is carried out by completely replacing natural sand in concrete by stone quarry dust and undergoing strength and economical perspectives of concrete and especially in high-performance concrete.

Published by: Akshay Kamble

Author: Akshay Kamble

Paper ID: V5I3-1157

Paper Status: published

Published: May 8, 2019

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Experimental study on sewage sludge ash in stone matrix asphalt

In our country one of the major distresses is due to the rain induced damages. It is a well established fact in developed countries that the water induced damages are expected to be less in a gap graded mix like stone matrix asphalt than traditional mixes. But application of SMA in India is very limited due to lack of proper specifications. Now a days, synthetic fibers, polymers are used as stabilizing additives in SMA. Here Sewage Sludge Ash (SSA) is used in Replacement of expensive imported synthetic fibers and polymer additives with renewable/waste material in SMA is an environmental necessity. Here, a study on the impact of waste material as addictives in Stone Matrix asphalt and their role in the volumetric and drain down characteristics of the mixture is proposed. Emphasis is also given to assess the effect of water immersion on the performance of SMA mixture with different additives. In the present study 60/70 penetration grade bitumen is used as binder and polymers are used as stabilizing additive. In this research sewage sludge ash as filler in SMA and their role to study the drain down characteristics of SMA at OBC and Marshall stability test to evaluate the stability and flow values when SSA is added as filler to OBC and OAC.

Published by: K. Jaswanth, B.P.R.V.S. Priyatham

Author: K. Jaswanth

Paper ID: V5I3-1139

Paper Status: published

Published: May 7, 2019

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Monitoring and analysis of water purification using pH sensor in rural areas

Water is the most important part of our daily life. In rural areas, people are facing so many health problems such as diarrhea, Arsenicosis, Amoebiasis, etc. In this paper, we proposed the monitoring and analysis of water purification using a pH sensor in rural areas. We considered a dam with 3 channels and placed a pH sensor in each of the channels which measure the pH value of each channel water. If the impure water is flowing through the channel will be closed automatically. A Blynk software is used to represent the detected pH value of each channel which is real-time values. Whenever pH 7 is detected the same information represented using charts in Blynk software.

Published by: Natturi Hinduja, Meghashri E. M., Havisha Amulya P., Gayathri A. R., Kruthi H. N.

Author: Natturi Hinduja

Paper ID: V5I3-1173

Paper Status: published

Published: May 7, 2019

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Research Paper

To study the impact of digital marketing on purchase decision of youth in Nagpur City

Digital marketing is the marketing of products or services using digital technologies, mainly on the Internet, but also including mobile phones, display advertising, and any other digital medium. It is the use of the channels to reach the desired target market via some of the following channels such as social media, websites, multimedia advertising, online search engine advertisement, E-marketing, interactive marketing (polls, the game adds, mobile marketing), etc. Customers of online shopping are delighted with prompt delivery and flawless payment mechanisms building trust in consumers. Online retailers are now pushing a larger number of categories such as electronics and white goods. In these emerging models, intangible assets such as relationships, knowledge, people, brands, and systems are taking center stage.

Published by: Ujjwal Bokde, Dr. Subramaniam Seshan

Author: Ujjwal Bokde

Paper ID: V5I3-1194

Paper Status: published

Published: May 7, 2019

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