Hybrid neural network model for reconstruction of occluded regions in multi-gait scenario

In real-time situations such as airports, railway stations, and shopping complexes, etc. people walk in a group, and such a group of walking persons termed as multi-gait (MG). In these situations, occlusion is a serious issue that affects gait recognition performance. This issue of occlusion of body regions affects the extraction of gait features for the correct recognition of an object. The objective of this article is to reconstruct occluded regions at the preprocessing stage, which can be used for human recognition in the MG scenario. The article is divided into two folds. Firstly, we segment five regions of interest such as ankle, knee, wrist, elbow, and shoulder. We propose a particle swarm optimization (PSO) based neural network (NN) called hybrid NN to solve this problem. The performance of the proposed model is validated on our constructed dataset (SMVDU-MG), considering two view directions i.e. lateral (left to right) and oblique (left to right diagonal). Experimental results show that the proposed model gives better performance compared to an artificial neural network and alternating least square (ALS) method based on mean square error (MSE) and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) as a performance measure function.

     

AI-driven streamlined modeling: experiences and lessons learned from multiple domains

Software and Systems Modeling - Model-driven technologies (MD*), considered beneficial through abstraction and automation, have not enjoyed widespread adoption in the industry. In keeping with the...     

µBIGMSA-Microservice-Based Model for Big Data Knowledge Discovery: Thinking Beyond the Monoliths

Wireless Personal Communications - Enterprise thrives on software applications that are built to fulfil the core business requirements. A single business application can offer a cluster of...     

Co-Extraction — Selective stripping for the recovery of nickel and copper from the leach liquor of ocean nodules

Ferromanganese deep sea nodules of the Indian Ocean have recently been recognised as a potential source of metals like copper, nickel, cobalt and manganese. For the treatment of the sea nodules following the reduction roast-ammonia leach process, the leach liquor containing copper, nickel and cobalt was processed to separate and recover these metals by solvent extraction (SX) using 25% LIX 64N in kerosene. Almost quantitative extraction of copper and nickel was realized in a continuous run. During nickel stripping, the small amount of copper in the nickel solution was removed by incorporating a copper extraction step using 10% LIX 64N in kerosene. The purified pregnant nickel electrolyte was electrowon in a non-diaphragm cell. Copper was similarly recovered by electrowinning (EW). A closed circuit of SX-EW was run to produce cathodes of nickel and copper with energy consumptions of 3.85 and 2.01 kWh/kg for the respective metals.     

TAP study of NOx storage and reduction on Pt/Al2O3 and Pt/Ba/Al2O3

A systematic mechanistic study of NO storage and reduction over Pt/Al₂O₃ and Pt/BaO/Al₂O₃ is carried out using Temporal Analysis of Products (TAP). NO pulse and NO/H₂ pump-probe experiments at 350 °C on pre-reduced, pre-oxidized, and pre-nitrated catalysts reveal the complex interplay between storage and reduction chemistries and the importance of the Pt/Ba coupling. NO pulsing experiments on both catalysts show that NO decomposes to major product N₂ on clean Pt but the rate declines as oxygen accumulates on the Pt. The storage of NO over Pt/BaO/Al₂O₃ is an order of magnitude higher than on Pt/Al₂O₃ showing participation of Ba in the storage even in the absence of gas phase O₂. Either oxygen spillover or transient NO oxidation to NO₂ is postulated as the first steps for NO storage on Pt/BaO/Al₂O₃. The storage on Pt/Ba/Al₂O₃ commences as soon as Pt–O species are formed. Post-storage H₂ reduction provides evidence that a fraction of NO is not stored in close proximity to Pt and is more difficult to reduce. A closely coupled Pt/Ba interfacial process is corroborated by NO/H₂ pump-probe experiments. NO conversion to N₂ by decomposition is sustained on clean Pt using excess H₂ pump-probe feeds. With excess NO pump-probe feeds NO is converted to N₂ and N₂O via the sequence of barium nitrate and NO decomposition. Pump-probe experiments with pre-oxidized or pre-nitrated catalyst show that N₂ production occurs by the decomposition of NO supplied in a NO pulse or from the decomposition of NOx stored on the Ba. The transient evolution of the two pathways depends on the extent of pre-nitration and the NO/H₂ feed ratio.     

Mesoporous ZrO<Subscript>2</Subscript>–Al<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript> (ZA) mixed metal oxide as an efficient and reusable catalyst for the liquid phase <Emphasis Type="Italic">O</Emphasis>-methoxymethylation reaction under solvent free conditions

Mixed metal oxide based solid acids like ZrO₂–Al₂O₃ (ZA) with Al₂O₃ different loadings (2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 mol%) were prepared by wet impregnation method and characterized by PXRD, NH₃-TPD, BET, ICP-OES, SEM, and TEM techniques. These solid acids were evaluated for their catalytic activity in the synthesis of a series of O-methoxymethylated products under solvent-free conditions at a moderate temperature in shorter reaction time (~20 min). This is achieved by various substituted alcohols and dimethoxy methane in good yields. Solid acids containing ZA used in this study exhibited good catalytic activity in the reaction. In case of 6 mol% ZA which has highest surface acidity, surface area and catalytically active tetragonal phase was found to be highest active in the O-methoxymethylation reaction up to ~99% yield. These catalysts were found to be reactivable and reusable.     

Development of Bigels Based on Stearic Acid–Rice Bran Oil Oleogels and Tamarind Gum Hydrogels for Controlled Delivery Applications

In the last few decades, different types of gels have been widely studied as potential drug delivery carriers. In this paper, we propose the synthesis of an oleogel, a tamarind gum hydrogel, and bigels for applications as drug delivery matrices. The oleogel was prepared by mixing stearic acid and rice bran oil, whereas the hydrogel was prepared by mixing tamarind gum with a hydroethanolic solution. Hydrogel‐in‐oleogel and oleogel‐in‐hydrogel bigels were prepared by mixing the hydrogel and the oleogel. The suitability of the formulations for controlled drug release applications was thoroughly examined using microscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, as well as mechanical, electrical, thermal, drug release, and antimicrobial studies. An alteration in the microarchitecture of the bigels is observed when the oleogel and the hydrogel are mixed in varying proportions. The associative interactions within the formulations increase with the increase in the hydrogel content. The bigels exhibit the presence of stearic acid melting endotherm (associated with the oleogel) and water evaporation endotherm (associated with the hydrogel). This study suggests that the hydrogel has lowest bulk resistance compared to the other formulations. The structural breakdown of the bigels is composition‐dependent, and the bulk electrical resistance is mainly governed by the oleogel phase. An increase in the diffusion of the moxifloxacin HCl from the formulations is observed with the increase of the hydrogel proportion, which in turn increases the rate of release of the drug. The proposed formulations also exhibit good antimicrobial efficacy. The analysis of these properties suggests that specific formulations can be tailored by need‐based applications of the drug release rate.     

Hybrid Resource Allocation Scheme in Multi-hop Device-to-Device Communication for 5G Networks

Wireless Personal Communications - The 5G communication paradigm provides architecture of coexistence of device-to-device (D2D) communication with the current cellular communication. Direct D2D...     

Hierarchical growth of BiOCl on SrO‐Bi2O3‐B2O3 glass‐ceramics for self‐cleaning applications

We have grown hierarchical structure of bismuth oxycloride (BiOCl) on SrO‐Bi₂O₃‐B₂O₃ (SBBO) transparent glass‐ceramic. SBBO glass‐ceramics were fabricated via conventional melt‐quenching technique while BiOCl was grown by etching the glass via HCl. Enhanced visible light driven photocatalytic activity and increasing hydrophobic feature were observed on BiOCl grown SBBO than as‐quenched SBBO glass‐ceramics. Contact angle analysis showed maximum contact angle of 130.7° on the surface of most BiOCl grown SBBO glass‐ceramic. Furthermore, under visible light illumination water contact angle decreased from 130.7° to 30.8°. Such photo‐induced hydrophilicity and catalytic performance in translucent glass‐ceramics lead self‐cleaning applications.     

Cylindrical gate all around Schottky barrier MOSFET with insulated shallow extensions at source/drain for removal of ambipolarity: a novel approach

In this paper TCAD-based simulation of a novel insulated shallow extension (ISE) cylindrical gate all around (CGAA) Schottky barrier (SB) MOSFET has been reported,to eliminate the suicidal ambipolar behavior (bias-dependent OFF state leakage current) of conventional SB-CGAA MOSFET by blocking the metal-induced gap states as well as unwanted charge sharing between source/channel and drain/channel regions.This novel structure offers low barrier height at the source and offers high ON-state current.The ION/IoFF of ISE-CGAA-SB-MOS-FET increases by 1177 times and offers steeper subthreshold slope (～60 mV/decade).However a little reduction in peak cut off frequency is observed and to further improve the cut-off frequency dual metal gate architecture has been employed and a comparative assessment of single metal gate,dual metal gate,single metal gate with ISE,and dual metal gate with ISE has been presented.The improved performance of Schottky barrier CGAA MOSFET by the incorporation of ISE makes it an attractive candidate for CMOS digital circuit design.The numerical simulation is performed using the ATLAS-3D device simulator.