{"title":"The Works and Lives of the Informal Waste Picker; A Case Study at Anandabazar Open Dumping Site, Chattogram City Corporation, Bangladesh","authors":"N. Begum, Tarakul Hoque MD Rifat, M. K. Hossain","doi":"10.24203/ajas.v10i6.7073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24203/ajas.v10i6.7073","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined the sociodemographic characteristics, health and working conditions of waste pickers at the Anandabazar dumping site, Chattogram, Bangladesh. Through questionnaire surveys data was gathered from waste pickers. The study identifies that 61% of respondents were men and 39% were women. The mean age of the participants was 28.29 ± 9.85 and 84% were uneducated. The majority of them work 8-10 hours per day. Daily average income from recyclables was found BDT 443.5 (US$ 5.15). In terms of health conditions, they were suffering mostly from digestive gastrointestinal issues, such as episodic diarrhea (39%), intestinal worms (57%), and hepatitis A (2.5%). The waste pickers’ living status was appalling, working conditions were hazardous. Yet, many were drawn to informal recycling due to the lack of alternatives. Therefore, special attention is required to enhance their health and working conditions as well as to integrate them into the city's formal SWM system. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":8497,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84359563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study of the Magnetic Nanocomposites with Natural Polymer Coating From the Perspective of the Targeted Drug Delivery","authors":"F. Soleymani","doi":"10.24203/ajas.v10i6.7117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24203/ajas.v10i6.7117","url":null,"abstract":"Recent research on the resistance of pathogenic bacteria to existing antibiotics has shown the rapid spread of this problem and has raised concerns in scientific circles and international organizations. The development of new antibiotics is still slow in the face of growing needs. In addition, the overuse of antibiotics in developing countries has exacerbated the problem. Therefore, the development of new and multidimensional strategies is necessary to address this global problem. One of the solutions that has been considered by researchers in recent years is the development of targeted drug delivery systems based on magnetic nanoparticles. Unique magnetic properties the physicochemical and physiological properties of magnetic nanoparticles have made them useful as carriers for delivering drugs to the target tissue. In this study, we try to provide a general study to some subjects such as synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles and coating of these nanoparticles with natural polymer to grain (mucilage to grain) as a biocompatible, non-toxic and oral polymeric agent for maximum loading of ciprofloxacin antibiotic on nanostructured nuclei Magnetite and shell to mucilage to grain, to study the effect of different parameters and fabrication conditions of samples on the structural, physicochemical, magnetic, colloidal stability and antibacterial properties of samples, and also to investigate the effect of pH on ciprofloxacin adsorption on magnet nanoparticles by mucilage to the grain and release of the drug from these nanoparticles.","PeriodicalId":8497,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"584 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77081057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Proposed Algorithm for Determining the Suitable Number of Significant Digits of Force Transducer Calibration Constants","authors":"R. Hegazy, Magdi Ibrahim, G. M. Mahmoud","doi":"10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7072","url":null,"abstract":"Precision measurement is one of the important goals of measurement and calibration. Positive measures are designed to provide researches with the highest accuracy and precision levels. In force measurements, force measuring instrument manufacturers are striving to achieve the best force measurement resolution to accompany the high level of calibration measurement capabilities achieved by the primary deadweight machines. In the calibration of the force transducers, polynomial equations which correlate, the applied load on the transducer and its corresponding output signal in mV/V are deduced. These equations contain numerical constants A, B and C. This paper introduces a mechanism to determine the suitable number of significant digits for these constants. Error analysis procedure for the calibration polynomial equation is proposed. This proposed algorithm safeguards the most accurate and realistic method for rounding the calibration constants","PeriodicalId":8497,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"97 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79531816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maad M. Mijwil, Dhamyaa Salim Mutar, Enas Sh. Mahmood, Murat Gök, Süleyman Uzun, R. Doshi
{"title":"Deep Learning Applications and Their Worth: A Short Review","authors":"Maad M. Mijwil, Dhamyaa Salim Mutar, Enas Sh. Mahmood, Murat Gök, Süleyman Uzun, R. Doshi","doi":"10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7078","url":null,"abstract":"Deep learning has become a favoured trend in many applications serving humanity in the past few years. Since deep learning seeks useful investigation and can learn and train huge amounts of unlabelled data, deep learning has been applied in many fields including the medical field. In this article, the most noteworthy applications of deep learning are presented shortly and positively, they are image recognition, automatic speech recognition, natural language processing, drug discovery and toxicology, customer relationship management, recommendation systems and bioinformatics. The report concluded that these applications have a significant and vital role in all areas of life.","PeriodicalId":8497,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75781623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maad M. Mijwil, Anmar Alkhazraji, Abdel-Hameed W. Al-Mistarehi, R. Doshi, Enas Sh. Mahmood
{"title":"Employing a Convolutional Neural Network to Classify Medical Images: A Case Study","authors":"Maad M. Mijwil, Anmar Alkhazraji, Abdel-Hameed W. Al-Mistarehi, R. Doshi, Enas Sh. Mahmood","doi":"10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7075","url":null,"abstract":"A convolutional neural network is one of the deep learning architectures that has been involved in a lot of the literature, and it's incredible at work. The convolutional neural network is distinguished in its use in computer vision and graphical analysis applications. It is characterised by the actuality of one or more hidden layers that extract features in images or videos, and there is also a layer to show the effects. In this regard, the authors decided to involve the convolutional neural network algorithm to classify a few chest X-ray images of COVID-19 patients and study the behaviour of this algorithm and the effects that will be obtained at the time of training. Finally, this study concluded that the performance and practices of this algorithm are very excellent and give satisfactory effects with a perfect training time.","PeriodicalId":8497,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89847629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Md. Abdus Sabur, Md. Anwarul Haque, M. Islam, Muhammad Angkan Khan, H. M. Faruquee, Md. Azizul Islam
{"title":"Exogenous Putrescine Enhances Rice Seed Germination in Salinity Stress","authors":"Md. Abdus Sabur, Md. Anwarul Haque, M. Islam, Muhammad Angkan Khan, H. M. Faruquee, Md. Azizul Islam","doi":"10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7044","url":null,"abstract":"Putrescine plays a distinct role in various types of biological functions in all living organisms, as well as environmental stress. The aim of the study is to effect of exogenous putrescine on the physiological condition of the rice seeds investigated. Salt treatment resulted in the reduction of speed of germination, germination, germination energy, germination energy percentage, final germination percentage, shoot and root length, and plant dry weight, where proline content was remarkably increased. Among the rice varieties, BRRI 48 was affected maximum by way of salinity in case of germination and growth, and GHORIAL become least affected in comparison to other varieties. However, exogenous putrescine treatment significantly enhances rice seeds germination, as well as shoot and root length in all varieties. Our findings reveal that plant putrescine tremendously reduced rice salt tolerance.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":8497,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77059417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pattern and Determinants of Rice Combine Harvester Adoption in Isabela, Philippines","authors":"Hernaiz G. Malanon, I. Pabuayon","doi":"10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7050","url":null,"abstract":"With the need to promote wider adoption of rice combine harvesters (RCH) in the Philippines, this study analyzed the adoption process and investigated the factors that influenced complete adoption of the technology. Data was gathered through survey of 230 rice farmers and supplemented by key informant interviews in 24 rice-producing municipalities of the province. Results showed that RCH was adopted by farmers with higher level of education, higher income, larger farm holdings and with irrigated farms situated in the lowlands. About 90 percent of rice farmers in the area are already using RCH and adoption was considered permanent since all adopters did not revert to traditional practice after initially using the technology. The remaining non-mechanized farms are the rain-fed areas with poor road access, terraced small plots and waterlogged farms that deter the use of heavy machines. The respondents cited reduction of harvesting-threshing time which averts the exposure of farmers to climate risks brought by tropical cyclones and reduction of harvesting-threshing costs and postproduction losses as primary reasons for adoption of RCH. Empirical estimates using Logistic Regression revealed that RCH adoption increases with farm size and educational attainment. Topography is also an important determinant of adoption as farms situated in the lowland are more likely to adopt RCH than in the upland areas. With these findings, it is recommended that drivers and barriers of RCH adoption RCH be considered in the technology promotion.","PeriodicalId":8497,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88832545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. B. Bodjona, E. Kondoh, S. Tchegueni, E. Kolédzi, K. Kili, G. Tchangbedji
{"title":"Physico-chemical Characterization of Household Waste from the City of Tsévié (Togo)","authors":"M. B. Bodjona, E. Kondoh, S. Tchegueni, E. Kolédzi, K. Kili, G. Tchangbedji","doi":"10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7043","url":null,"abstract":"No previous studies have been carried out on the type of waste in the municipality of Tsévié, the capital of the maritime region in Togo. As part of the implementation of the Water and Sanitation project in Togo (PEAT2), two characterization campaigns were carried out on the household solid waste in this city. \u0000The characterization method used is that of MODECOM (Method of Characterization of Household Waste). This method involves sampling 500 kg of waste on all collected waste. Two types of sorting are carried out. Sorting by size (<10 m, 20-100 mm >100 mm) and sorting by category (13 categories). Since waste varies according to its source, samples are made up of two types: market waste and household waste. The results indicate that the fine and extra fine fractions are the majority with 54.45% in the rainy season and 56.57% in the dry season. These physico-chemical analyses carried out on the waste of the city of Tsévié, constitute a database and allow the local authorities to plan a better waste management in the municipality.","PeriodicalId":8497,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76886618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maad M. Mijwil, Karan Aggarwal, Ruchi Doshi, K. Hiran, Murat Gök
{"title":"The Distinction between R-CNN and Fast R-CNN in Image Analysis: A Performance Comparison","authors":"Maad M. Mijwil, Karan Aggarwal, Ruchi Doshi, K. Hiran, Murat Gök","doi":"10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7064","url":null,"abstract":"Deep learning techniques have become vital in many fields in the modern era because they are excellent at analysing and predicting real big data to act in different situations. Although it is marvellous in many aspects, it is prone to misinterpretation of data, so teams of experienced specialists cannot be dispensed with in following up on the execution stages of data analysis. Convolutional Neural Network is one of the most significant deep learning techniques. It is widely employed in visual image analysis. In this article, R-CNN and Fast R-CNN are summarised and compared and are the best in image analysis. This article concluded that the most suitable performance is for Fast R-CNN in testing and training.","PeriodicalId":8497,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88161789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Energy Conservation Principle from the Perspective of the Energy Structure Theory","authors":"Saeed Shahsavari, Pooya Torkaman","doi":"10.24203/ajas.v10i5.6950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24203/ajas.v10i5.6950","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the energy conservation principle is investigated from the perspective of the energy structure theory. Energy structure theory presents the basic equation as energy structure equation has been developed to study physical processes considering effects of the second law of thermodynamics directly. Energy components are used as basis of the energy structure equation. In this paper, to investigate the energy conservation principle using the energy structure equation, the variation of the energy structure equation is studied in different paths for the same amount energy applying to the system. In fact, a quasi-static path is used as a reference path, and other paths are studied using this reference when the same amount of energy is applied to the system in different conditions. Using this approach, in fact, energy conservation principle is applied to the energy structure equation, and therefore, the resultant relation has the first and second laws of thermodynamics as its basis together that has been developed in one relation. Therefore, the extracted relation will be a bidirectional relation that means all processes must satisfy this relation and vice versa.","PeriodicalId":8497,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Applied Sciences","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77751072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}