The results of an experimental study conducted to evaluate the material characteristics of ternary blended concrete containing Nano-alumina and Zeolite along with polypropylene fibres to act as micro-reinforcement has been presented in this paper. The optimum combination of nano-alumina and zeolite has been obtained through preliminary studies. The beams were cast with concrete containing 1% Nano-Alumina and 10% Zeolite having PPF fibres in three-volume fractions (0.1, 0.2 and 0.3%). Six beam specimens of overall dimensions 150mm x 250mm x 3000mm were tested for their flexural capacity in a standard loading frame. One beam was made out of control concrete. The remaining five beams were made with ternary blended concrete with and without micro-reinforcement. The beam specimens were examined for their behaviour under static loading conditions. The performance of the beam specimens was assessed in terms of first crack load, deflection at first crack load, yield load, deflection at yield load, ultimate load, deflection at ultimate load, deflection ductility, and deflection ductility ratio, energy ductility and energy ductility ratio. The Inclusion of polypropylene fibres increased ultimate crack load by 40%, decreased deflection by 84.17%, decreased crack width by 45.45%, decreased crack spacing by 55%, increased deflection ductility by 34.31%, increased energy ductility by 84.38% and increased energy capacity by 151% compared to the control concrete beam. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
This study analyses the effect of social capital on competitive advantage in Saudi Arabia's travel and tourist businesses. This study employs a survey methodology to collect data from deputy directors, heads of departments, and employees in the travel and tourism businesses in the Al-Kharj Governorate. 250 employees comprise the final sample. This study reveals that travel and tourist organisations have a high level of internal social capital and achieve an increased competitive advantage when using descriptive statistics and simple and multiple regressions. Additionally, this study discovers a positive and statistically significant relationship between internal marketing and competitive advantage. This study proposes that travel and tourism businesses develop an internal social capital department due to the critical role of social capital in strengthening these organisations' competitive advantages. Disciplinary: Management (Marketing), Tourism. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
Rehabilitation of patients with respiratory diseases plays an important role in complex therapy. This article discusses the rehabilitation of patients with respiratory diseases using training using an individual breathing simulator with dynamic lung function control and software. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
In this study, the influence of crumb rubber on the properties of geopolymer mortar was investigated. The crumb rubber was used as fine aggregate to reduce consumption of natural river sand. The rubber replacement levels namely 10%, 20%, and 30% by volume of the sand was chosen. The results were compared with the control specimen made with only river sand. It was found that the compressive strength of mortars was decreased with increasing the crumb rubber content. An increase in water absorption was observed. However, the strength of the paving block specimen made with 10% rubber meets the requirements for application in interlocking paving blocks. Its compressive strength at the age of 7 days was 85.0 MPa. Disciplinary: Civil Engineering & Material Technology (Cement, Geopolymer, Construction Materials, Pavement). (c) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
Recently, various optimization methods are being used in the design process in order to find the optimized form of products under different given conditions. The use of topology optimization has enabled engineer designers and industrialists to achieve lighter-weight products costeffectively and at less time-consuming processes without losing their intended design purposes. In this study, topology optimization using Autodesk Inventor Software is applied to a component of a front-end telescopic hydraulic cylinder to reduce the mass by at least 30% of the original weight while satisfying the pressure constraints of 18 MPa. Furthermore, sketches are drawn based on the forms derived from topology optimization and the final design is generated into CAD. Finally, finite element analysis is done upon the final model in order to conduct the durability analysis. The results show that the model of the component obtained with topology analysis has been reduced by 30.77% of the original weight while ensuring normal operation under the given constraints. Disciplinary: Industrial Management, Product Design. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
An independent director is a special director appointed to the board of a company who is expected to have expertise in any particular field of marketing and other allied streams and who plays the role of a non-executive director of that particular company. This article documents the rationality behind the introduction of the concept of independent directors on the company board and also presents the evolution of the same from the events that occurred in the USA and UK. The article also discussed the incorporation of the concept of independent directors in the Indian system. It has been seen that diffused shareholding in US and UK plays an important role in checking the managers in their functioning. The corporate governance models differ according to the convictions and laws of different countries in which they are to be practiced. The incorporation of the concept of independent directors in India without taking the Indian corporate structure into consideration may result in undesired outcomes. However, this article collects and presents the various aspects of the incorporation of independent directors in Indian corporate governance. The article effectively discussed the difference and various aspects of corporate governance in different countries like the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, etc, and compared it to the Indian system. This current also discussed the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the role the Kumar Mangalam Birla committee played during 1998, formulating the National code on corporate governance in 1999 which is the basis of the formation of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
The pragmatic adoption of Agenda 2030 lies in acclimatizing its 17 goals as the objectives of sustainable vision for future cities. In a quest to attain these objectives, Indian cities are thus continuously challenged for the effective transference of country-wide SDG targets as the local level indicators of urban development. This paper intends to examine the dialectics around the sustainability assessment framework in India, as the country stands at the juncture of releasing dynamics for social, economic, and environmental growth of cities. The methodology adopted to conduct the research work includes a semantic literature perusal and an indicatorbased communication mapping of proposed assessment indices, to analyze the competency of the existing framework. It has been observed from an aggregated analysis that the issues of data reliability and non-inclusivity of contextual elements at the local level act as critical challenges for ecological vulnerability and the economic feasibility of the goals. This paper intends to abate these gaps existing in the literature focusing on sustainability issues of India and direct the discussion towards reorienting the current role of indicators from being `performance assessors to becoming catalytic enablers of sustainable cities. Disciplinary: Architecture & Planning, Sustainable Development. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
This research paper's main objective is to present the current status of the residential Built settlement in the rural areas of the Chettinad region in Tamil Nadu, a state rich in heritage, religious, and cultural aspects in India. The research paper also correlates the traces of human life (sociocultural and economic) and communities' perception of built heritage in Rural areas. For this purpose, studies have been conducted on two of its villages which have been recommended as heritage villages by the state government in UNESCO's tentative list. In this study, a mixed study approach is followed using both a visual survey and questionnaire survey as the study tools. The main objectives of this study were to determine the public reaction toward the conceptual framework to be designed for an ideal sustainable heritage-based village. Secondly, through the empirical and quantitative data analysis to capture the hurdles and identify the gaps that affect the resident's understanding and their perception of developing their villages. The paper also uses GIS as a software tool for a better understanding and cataloging of the built heritage in a holistic manner.
Sustainability is a crucial governance issue and a strategic priority in the global automotive industry; location, technology, and business model diversities impact the industry's sustainability. This study defines the dynamics between corporate fairness and environmental sustainability initiatives in the automotive industry by adopting a quantitative design. The research measured corporate fairness and the effectiveness of environmental sustainability initiatives from the voice of 144 employees. The article examines the relationship between Fairness and Environmental sustainability among Indian corporates. The study tested two models, base model keeping only demographics as predictors and incremental model included fairness as predictors. Compared to the base model, the incremental model added value addition to the base model, R square is increased, error metrics dropped. The difference between the base and incremental models is statistically significant. The model output validated the prior literature findings and reemphasized the imperative of fairness to predict Environmental sustainability. The government and corporate policymakers can consider these insights to utilise the optimum potential of sustainable business models to improve the environmental sustainability performance of the global automotive industry. Disciplinary: Sustainable Business Management & Environmental Sustainability. (C)2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
Y This study establishes a framework for understanding, predicting, and controlling factors that affect faculty engagement in the Indian higher education sector. Having examined research on faculty engagement, this work offers a conceptual framework that practitioners can use to engage individuals and drive them toward long-term organizational progress. A framework for faculty engagement was designed as per the literature-based studies. Illustrating the linkages between employee resilience, individual optimism, affective commitment, locus of control, pay, social support, and job security, faculty engagement, as demonstrated in this research, are highly suited for usage in the Indian Higher education sector. From the suggested framework and propositions, it is possible to determine the impacts of relevant parameters, to be undertaken further. The study includes employee engagement variables into a framework that practitioners may use to discover solutions to engage and maintain skilled workers for the benefit of the HEI sector. This study gives an extensive framework that aids practitioners and academics in appreciating the underlying factors that influence faculty engagement in higher education institutes. Disciplinary: Management (HRM, Organization Management & Behavior), Higher Education Administration. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
This scientific article describes various neurological problems faced by patients with coronavirus infection. The article also contains information of a recommendatory nature for the treatment of cognitive disorders. In particular, the effective positive effect of the popular drug citicoline is described. According to various clinical studies, citicoline provides a statistically significant moderate but stable improvement in memory and helps to reduce the severity of behavioral disorders in patients with cognitive disorders of various etiologies. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
In the hospitals of Vladikavkaz (Russia) 55 pregnant women with various clinical forms of brucellosis were examined. To identify the pathology of pregnant women with brucellosis, epidemiological history data were taken into account. The age of the sick women corresponded to the childbearing age: from 19 to 45 years. Patients with the latent course of brucellosis considered themselves healthy, but out of 39 patients, 13 had a premature birth. The reproductive system in men was also studied by analyzing 100 medical histories of patients with brucellosis (acute stage - 20, chronic - 80). We have identified orchitis with the development of dropsy, orchiepididymitis with manifestations of the disease in the form of chills, and high fever. Changes in the genitals of men with brucellosis are often the cause of diagnostic errors, in connection with which a clinical example is given for the purpose of interdisciplinary differential diagnosis with the pathology of the lesion of this system in other diseases. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
Sudden cardiac death is one of the leading causes of death with a high level of urbanization. Brugada syndrome is a genetically determined cardiac arrhythmia characterized by syncopal states, ST-segment rises (from point above the isoelectric line in the right precordial leads (V1-V3), which can disappear transiently, also inverted T wave, complete or incomplete blockage of the legs of the Gis beam, periodic elongation can be registered in these leads P-R interval with a high risk of life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias (episodes of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation), usually developing in a dream or in a calm state. Often, patients also have supraventricular arrhythmias, more often atrial fibrillation. Over 15 years of studying pathology, data on acquired Brugada syndrome have accumulated. Changes in the ECG by the type of Brugadalike, without clinical confirmation of the syndrome, can be observed in patients with chest excavation, with hemopericardium. There are currently no convincing agreed data on the effectiveness of any medications in the long-term prevention of seizures, or they are contradictory. For patients with a high risk of sudden cardiac death, the method of therapy that increases life expectancy is the implantation of an electrocardio stimulator. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
This research paper examines in detail the effect of COPD disease with a focus on the defeat of the urinary system. The relevance of this work is confirmed in the steadily increasing frequency of secondary kidney damage. The study of this phenomenon is necessary since timely detection of complications from the urinary tract against the background of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will reduce the transition from acute kidney diseases to chronic. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
Moshkovitz syndrome, which is also called thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), is an extremely severe multimorbid pathology. TTP is characterized by a very aggressive course, requiring Immediate initiation of treatment in the first hours of occurrence, because, without fast and properly selected therapy, the mortality rate approaches 100% regardless of age. The foundation of Moshkovitz syndrome is a sharp increase in platelet aggregation with the formation of thrombi consisting of platelets and von Willebrand factor in small vessels of organs. The target organs that are affected in the first place are the brain, lungs, and kidneys. There is a sharp development of thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and ischemia in the most important organs. It is difficult to diagnose the disease due to the absence of specific symptoms. The disease I often develops suddenly against the background of full health and in most cases resembles ARVI. In children, TTP is very rare, and therefore it is difficult for clinicians to verify the disease and determine a therapy strategy. The article presents an analysis of a clinical case of an 11-year-old girl with Moshkovitz syndrome. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
Currently, there is an increase in liver diseases requiring surgical intervention. The analysis of medical literature revealed the most important issues in surgical hepatology: diagnosis, planning of surgical intervention and prevention of complications. Augmented reality technology is widely used in modern medicine to solve the tasks set. Russian scientists have created a software package "HoloDoctor", which allows solving the tasks. At the same time, the time of operations using the HoloDoctor software package is reduced by 20-30% compared to traditional methods. The developed complex provides the diagnosis of the disease and treatment planning, and also allows performing surgical operations in real-time, minimizing the risk of medical error and preventing the development of complications. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
The article discusses the practical aspects of using a set of programs and databases for computers (cloud service of electronic checklists), called the "Service Inspector" platform (or other analogues of platforms) for preventive measures, self-monitoring and internal audits in the quality system of pharmaceutical organizations and medical organizations. The rationale for choosing the "Service Inspector" platform (cloud service of electronic checklists) for the transition to automation of preventive measures and internal audits processes is presented, and the advantages and disadvantages of the chosen platform are described. The study highlights some problems in the implementation of preventive measures and internal audits in the quality system of pharmaceutical organizations. The disadvantages that arise when working with paper checklists are described, and ways to solve them by switching to electronic checklists. A sociological study of the practice of fulfilling mandatory requirements for internal audits in pharmaceutical organizations was conducted. The proposed software module for automating the processes of preventive measures and internal audits in pharmaceutical organizations will help minimize risks within pharmaceutical organizations, eliminate and prevent inconsistencies identified during the internal audit and prevent possible errors in the future. The control tool described in the article will increase the efficiency of the quality system of pharmaceutical organizations. (C)2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
Due to actively developing technologies, both in medicine in general and in therapy in particular, the requirements for the quality of nurse services are increasing. Consequently, nursing education should break new ground, and comply with a high degree of competence and qualification. Professional duties, tasks and skills of nurses are expanding: the ability to identify problems independently, find ways to solve them, analyze and assess various situations. Thus, nursing is constantly changing and improving in order to meet the requirements of professional activity, which, in turn, are also subject to constant change with a view to improving the healthcare system. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
Biopsies of 50 patients aged 26 to 67 years with diagnoses of chronic catarrhal gingivitis, chronic atrophic gingivitis, chronic hypertrophic gingivitis, and chronic ulcerative gingivitis were examined. The effectiveness of supplementing the basic treatment with phytoadattogens, "Mildronate", "Melaxen" and "Coronatera", separately and in combination, was determined. The clinical severity of chronic gingivitis was determined using generally accepted periodontal indices. The most positive clinical results were revealed with the combined use of sulfide waters, Milaxene, and phytococtail, together with the main treatment. It has been established that drug Treatment in combination with phytotherapy contributes to the improvement of the immunobiological condition of patients, the prolonging effect of the drugs used, and the absence of allergic reactions. Consequently, the treatment of chronic gingivitis by the proposed methods, according to the effectiveness criteria, allows them to be recommended for optimizing the basic treatment. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
Currently, the use of augmented reality and 3D printing technologies is becoming increasingly popular when planning and conducting surgical operations in patients with musculoskeletal pathology. In 2019-2021, more than 80 operations were performed on knee joints, ligaments and spine using new technology. We have developed a technique that allows for preoperative planning using original software and additional reality glasses (additional reality complex). During the operation, the additional reality complex performs assistance, providing access to the data of additional methods of examination of the patient and making an "overlay" on the operating field in glasses of the additional reality of normal anatomy or previously performed MRI or CT data. The new method of simulation and use of augmented reality glasses with the HoloDoctor program for implantological treatment demonstrated a good visualization of the anatomical features of the implant placement area, provided an opportunity for the surgeon to thoroughly study the intervention area before surgery, perform surgery in the conditions of the patient's real anatomy, including using the navigation in augmented reality. (C) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
