This book presents a comprehensive overview of the basics of Hindustani music and the associated signal analysis and technological developments. It begins with an in-depth introduction to musical signal analysis and its current applications, and then moves on to a detailed discussion of the features involved in understanding the musical meaning of the signal in the context of Hindustani music. The components consist of tones, shruti, scales, pitch duration and stability, raga, gharana and musical instruments. The book covers the various technological developments in this field, supplemented with a number of case studies and their analysis. The book offers new music researchers essential insights into the use the automatic concept for finding and testing the musical features for their applications. Intended primarily for postgraduate and PhD students working in the area of scientific research on Hindustani music, as well as other genres where the concepts are applicable, it is also a valuable resource for professionals and researchers in musical signal processing.

The book is a collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Innovations in Computer Science and Engineering (ICICSE 2016) held at Guru Nanak Institutions, Hyderabad, India during 22 - 23 July 2016. The book discusses a wide variety of industrial, engineering and scientific applications of the emerging techniques. Researchers from academic and industry present their original work and exchange ideas, information, techniques and applications in the field of data science and analytics, artificial intelligence and expert systems, mobility, cloud computing, network security, and emerging technologies.

The chapters in this contributed volume explore new results and existing problems in algebra, analysis, and related topics. This broad coverage will help generate new ideas to solve various challenges that face researchers in pure mathematics. Specific topics covered include maximal rotational hypersurfaces, k-Horadam sequences, quantum dynamical semigroups, and more. Additionally, several applications of algebraic number theory and analysis are presented. Algebra, Analysis, and Associated Topics will appeal to researchers, graduate students, and engineers interested in learning more about the impact pure mathematics has on various fields.

This book comprehensively discusses the modeling of real-world industrial problems and innovative optimization techniques such as heuristics, finite methods, operation research techniques, intelligent algorithms, and agent-based methods. Discusses advanced techniques like key cell, Mobius inversion, and zero suffix techniques to find initial feasible solutions to optimization problems. Provides a useful guide towards the development of a sustainable model for disaster management. Presents optimized hybrid block method techniques to solve mathematical problems existing in the industries. Covers mathematical techniques like Laplace transformation, stochastic process, and differential techniques related to reliability theory. Highlights application on smart agriculture, smart healthcare, techniques for disaster management, and smart manufacturing. Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Computational and Intelligent Systems is primarily written for graduate and senior undergraduate students, as well as academic researchers in electrical engineering, electronics and communications engineering, computer engineering, and mathematics.

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This book is a collection of outstanding papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence and Informatics (ICACII 2019), organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Anurag Group of Institutions (AGI), Hyderabad, on 20-21 December 2019. It includes innovative ideas and new research findings in the field of Computational Intelligence and Informatics that will benefit researchers, scientists, technocrats, academics and engineers alike. The areas covered include high-performance systems, data science and analytics, computational intelligence and expert systems, cloud computing, computer networks and emerging technologies.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the basics of Hindustani music and the associated signal analysis and technological developments. It begins with an in-depth introduction to musical signal analysis and its current applications, and then moves on to a detailed discussion of the features involved in understanding the musical meaning of the signal in the context of Hindustani music. The components consist of tones, shruti, scales, pitch duration and stability, raga, gharana and musical instruments. The book covers the various technological developments in this field, supplemented with a number of case studies and their analysis. The book offers new music researchers essential insights into the use the automatic concept for finding and testing the musical features for their applications. Intended primarily for postgraduate and PhD students working in the area of scientific research on Hindustani music, as well as other genres where the concepts are applicable, it is also a valuable resource for professionals and researchers in musical signal processing.

The book is a collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Innovations in Computer Science and Engineering (ICICSE 2016) held at Guru Nanak Institutions, Hyderabad, India during 22 - 23 July 2016. The book discusses a wide variety of industrial, engineering and scientific applications of the emerging techniques. Researchers from academic and industry present their original work and exchange ideas, information, techniques and applications in the field of data science and analytics, artificial intelligence and expert systems, mobility, cloud computing, network security, and emerging technologies.

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The purpose of doing this project is to design and implement a three floor elevator control system. Each floor was to have its own illuminated push button to call the elevator to a demanded floor. The elevator door was to be simulated with the use of a 12VDC bench-top mounted motor that opened, stayed open, and reversed after ten seconds at each floor after being called. A 12V DC motor was used to hoist the elevator and IR sensors were used to indicate when the elevator was at the floor in position to open. The entire system included a master start-stop circuit to ensure that the operation could be completely shut down for emergencies or repair. The final aspect of this experiment was to intelligently organize the ladder logic to make troubleshooting easier. To do this, all of the subroutine jumps were placed in the second ladder and the actual subroutines in its respective ladder.

Due to the regulations of Basel II and the present financial crisis the demand for Factoring and Forfaiting services is increasing. The rise in receivables means more business but at the same time more risk. The aim of this work is to present an overview of the risk management strategies involved in Forfaiting and Factoring services as the convention of Basel II forces the financial institutions to introduce higher standards of risk assessment and management. Besides documentary analysis of relevant material, expert interviews were conducted with nine professionals working in the factoring and forfaiting industry and analysed using ground theory. Results from the interviews and literature stress that the present economic downturn exposes Factoring and Forfaiting companies and banks to a higher credit risk, nevertheless they also benefit when compared to the conservative lending of banks. Finally this work concludes that a Factor must define its organisational goals focusing on clear identification and awareness of risk with the capability to adjust to changing business conditions.

This book aims to assist the scientists working with the medicinal, biochemical, biophysical, genetic and pharmacological aspects of topoisomerases and their inhibitors. The book has covered various aspects of topoisomerases like classification, structural aspects, basic genetics and mutations, disease implications and cell signaling networks, which may be helpful for researchers of the field for better therapeutics. Chapter One deals with structure, functions and role and of human topoisomerase-I in cancer progression. It describes a detailed classification, mechanism of action and recent updates on the development of camptothecin and non-camptothecin derivatives, along with their Structure-Activity Relationships (SAR) as topoisomerase-I inhibitors. Chapters Two and Three cover X-ray co-crystal structures, biological functions and the significant role of topoisomerase-II isoforms in cancer. A thorough discussion on classification and various pharmacoinformatics techniques employed in delineating the binding mode of topoisomerase-II inhibitors and their mechanism of action is well presented. Chapter Four deals not only with adverse effects associated with the use of topoisomerase-I and II inhibitors, but also includes approaches to overcome them. Chapter Five discusses various disorders associated with SNPs in topoisomerases and risks associated with their pharmacogenetics. Chapter Six sheds light on interactions and cross-talks between topoisomerases and histone deacetylases, leading to their significant role in drug resistance. The work is expected to assist the scientists to selectively design dual/multi-inhibitors of topoisomerases and histone deacetylases. The authors are thankful to the reviewers, who were so kind in reviewing and making suggestions for improving this book. This book could not have been completed without their commendable efforts.