Adaptation of block chain technology in SCM for steering managerial strategies: investigative study under Indian context

Atul Kumar Sahu,Abhijeet Katyayan,Umesh Khandey,Prashant Jangde,Anoop Kumar Sahu,Nitin Kumar Sahu 인하대학교 정석물류통상연구원 2023 JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS AND TRADE Vol.21 No.1

Purpose – Block chain technology (BCT) has apparent capability of handling information in digital format, which has dragged attention of the practitioners for its utility in industrial and manufacturing practices. Conversely, the managerial adoption of BCT is relatively limited, which motivated the authors to identify crucial dimensions that can persuade the acceptance of BCT from an executive perspective. Thus, the present study is aimed to conduct to understand crucial barriers under BCT for managerial implementation in supply chain management (SCM) of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – The present study investigated evident barriers to understand implementation of BCT. A questionnaire based survey is performed to collect primary data from service and manufacturing based companies in India. Survey responses are received online and the data is analyzed in a scorecard. The scorecard embedded the scribed entries of Likert scale to determine the relative score. Findings – In present study, sixteen barriers from three categories named as technological, organizational and environmental are evaluated, where, five sub-barriers from technological domain, seven sub-barriers from organizational domain and four sub-barriers from environmental domain are evaluated. The findings of the study determined that the three factors, i.e. “complexity in setup/use”, “Security and privacy concern” and “Technological awareness” mostly affect the adaptation of BCT in SCM. Conversely, “Market dynamics”, “Scalability” and “Cost” do not influence the intention to adopt the technology. Originality/value – Only few studies have endeavored to ascertain the BCT adoption in SCM of SMEs in developing country like India. Thus, the study is filling a momentous gap of mapping BCT dimensions in the scholastic literature. The findings are expected to enable SMEs to understand important factors to be considered for adopting BCT in their curriculum. Furthermore, the study may benefit the BCT developers and suppliers to endure customized solutions based on the findings.

Synthesis and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of 1, 3, 4-Thiadiazole Analogues for Potential Scaffold

Sahu, Sagar,Sahu, Tanesh,Kalyani, Gunjan,Gidwani, Bina KOREAN PHARMACOPUNCTURE INSTITUTE 2021 Journal of pharmacopuncture Vol.24 No.1

Objectives: Pathogenic microbes are causal agents for various types of severe and even lethal infectious diseases. Despite of development in medication, bacterial and fungal infections still persist to be a vital problem in health care. Bacteria and several fungal species have shown resistance to antibiotics used in treatment to current medications. Therefore, it is a considerable field of interest in the design and development of novel compounds with antimicrobial activity. Methods: The compounds bearing a heterocyclic ring play an imperative role among other organic compounds with pharmacological activity used as drugs in human for control and cure of various infections. Thiadiazoles containing nitrogen-sulfur atom as part of their cyclic structure which shown wide-ranging application as structural units of biologically active molecules and are very useful intermediates in Medicinal Chemistry. Results: The effectiveness of the thiadiazole nucleus was established by the drugs currently used for the treatment of various infections. 1,3,4-Thiadiazoles and some of their derivatives are widely studied because of their broad spectrum of pharmacological activities. Conclusion: In the present work, a series of 1,3,4-Thiadiazole derivatives were synthesized by cyclization of a group of various benzaldehyde with thiosemicarbazide in the presence of various reagent like FeCl3, HCHO by losing a molecule of water. These derivatives were found to possess prominent antimicrobial activity.

Extraction of copper by leaching of electrostatic precipitator dust and two step removal of arsenic from the leach liquor

N. K. Sahu,Barsha Dash,Suchismita Sahu,I. N. Bhattacharya,T. Subbaiah 한국화학공학회 2012 Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol.29 No.11

The paper deals with the extraction of copper from the deposited material of the liner of the electrostatic precipitator (ESP) of the copper smelter plant. These precipitates of ESP liner (ESP dust) generally contain mixed phases of copper and arsenic. An attempt is made to extract copper from ESP dust, subsequently removing arsenic from the leach liquor. The ESP dust containing paramelaconite (6CuO·Cu2O), α-domeykite (Cu3As), metadomeykite (Cu3As),enargite (Cu3AsS4) and (Cu,Fe) SO4·H2O is not a naturally occurring geological mineral; thus comparatively high acid concentration and temperature are required to break the matrix of this mixed material so as to liberate the content. The leaching efficiency of copper was 97% at 97 oC. The acid concentration of 1.5M and pulp density of 20% was found to be optimum. The removal of arsenic as ferric arsenate was carried out in two stages: increasing the pH and precipitation of arsenic by adjusting pH of the solution and by adding ferrous sulfate and hydrogen peroxide. The optimum removal of arsenic was 95% when pH was raised to 2.35 followed by precipitation. The key progression of the process is the recovery of copper from ESP dust as well as removal of arsenic from the leach liquor.

Winter Thermal Inversion and Trichodesmium Dominance in North-Western Bay of Bengal

Biraja Kumar Sahu,Sanjiba Kumar Baliarsingh,Aneesh A. Lotliker,Chandanlal Parida,Suchismita Srichandan,Kali Charan Sahu 한국해양과학기술원 2017 Ocean science journal Vol.52 No.2

Clear thermal inversion was observed with cold surface waters (< 24°C) overlying the warm (> 26°C) subsurface water in the coastal waters of the northwestern Bay of Bengal during winter (January 2015). Simultaneously, preponderance of the cyanobacteria Trichodesmium erythraeum was observed dominating the phytoplankton community with > 90% of total population, reaching maximum density of 9.8 × 105 filaments/L. Further, the Trichodesmium predominance was associated with low water temperature (< 24°C).

Effect of Sintering Temperature on Dielectric Properties of 72 wt%(Al₂O₃):28 wt%(SiO₂) Ceramics

Sahu, Manisha,Panigrahi, Basanta Kumar,Kim, Hoe Joon,Deepti, PL,Hajra, Sugato,Mohanta, Kalyani Materials Research Society of Korea 2020 한국재료학회지 Vol.30 No.10

The various sintered samples comprising of 72 wt% (Al₂O₃) : 28 wt% (SiO₂) based ceramics were fabricated using a colloidal processing route. The phase analysis of the ceramics was performed using an X-ray diffractometer (XRD) at room temperature confirming the presence of Al₂O₅Si and Al_5.33Si_0.67O_9.33. The surface morphology of the fracture surface of the different sintered samples having different sizes of grain distribution. The resistive and capacitive properties of the three different sintered samples at frequency sweep (1 kHz to 1 MHz). The contribution of grain and the non-Debye relaxation process is seen for various sintered samples in the Nyquist plot. The ferroelectric loop of the various sintered sample shows a slim shape giving rise to low remnant polarization. The excitation performance of the sample at a constant electric signal has been examined utilizing a designed electrical circuit. The above result suggests that the prepared lead-free ceramic can act as a base for designing of dielectric capacitors or resonators.

Integrated approach for low-temperature synthesis of high-quality silicon nitride films in PECVD using RF–UHF hybrid plasmas

Sahu, B B,Shin, Kyung S,Han, Jeon G IOP 2016 PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Vol.25 No.1

<P>This study investigates low-temperature plasma nitriding of hydrogenated silicon (SiN<SUB> <I>x</I> </SUB>:H) film in radio frequency (RF) and RF–ultra-high frequency (UHF) hybrid plasmas. To study the optimized conditions for the deposition of SiN<SUB> <I>x</I> </SUB>:H film, this work adopts a systematic plasma diagnostic approach in the nitrogen–silane and nitrogen–silane–ammonia plasmas. This work also evaluates the capability of plasma and radical formation by utilizing different plasma sources in the PECVD process. For the plasma diagnostics, we have purposefully used the combination of optical emission spectroscopy (OES), intensified CCD (ICCD) camera, vacuum ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy (VUVAS), and RF compensated Langmuir probe (LP). Data reveal that there is significant enhancement in the atomic nitrogen radicals, plasma densities, and film properties using the hybrid plasmas. Measurements show that addition of a small amount of NH<SUB>3</SUB> can significantly reduce the electron temperature, plasma, and radical density. Also, optical and chemical properties of the deposited films are investigated on the basis of plasma diagnostics. Good quality SiN<SUB> <I>x</I> </SUB>:H films, with atomic nitrogen to hydrogen ratio of 4:1, are fabricated. The plasma chemistry of the hybrid plasmas is also discussed for its utility for plasma applications.</P>

Dielectric and Electrical Characteristics of Lead-Free Complex Electronic Material: Ba_0.8Ca_0.2(Ti_0.8Zr_0.1Ce_0.1)O₃

Sahu, Manisha,Hajra, Sugato,Choudhary, Ram Naresh Prasad Materials Research Society of Korea 2019 한국재료학회지 Vol.29 No.8

A lead-free bulk ceramic having a chemical formula $Ba_{0.8}Ca_{0.2}(Ti_{0.8}Zr_{0.1}Ce_{0.1})O_3$ (further termed as BCTZCO) is synthesized using mixed oxide route. The structural, dielectric, impedance, and conductivity properties, as well as the modulus of the synthesized sample are discussed in the present work. Analysis of X-ray diffraction data obtained at room temperature reveals the existence of some impurity phases. The natural surface morphology shows close packing of grains with few voids. Attempts have been made to study the (a) effect of microstructures containing grains, grain boundaries, and electrodes on impedance and capacitive characteristics, (b) relationship between properties and crystal structure, and (c) nature of the relaxation mechanism of the prepared samples. The relationship between the structure and physical properties is established. The frequency and temperature dependence of the dielectric properties reveal that this complex system has a high dielectric constant and low tangent loss. An analysis of impedance and related parameters illuminates the contributions of grains. The activation energy is determined for only the high temperature region in the temperature dependent AC conductivity graph. Deviation from the Debye behavior is seen in the Nyquist plot at different temperatures. The relaxation mechanism and the electrical transport properties in the sample are investigated with the help of various spectroscopic (i.e., dielectric, modulus, and impedance) techniques. This lead free sample will serve as a base for device engineering.

Energy-Efficient BBU Allocation for Green C-RAN

Sahu, Bharat J. R.,Dash, Shatarupa,Saxena, Navrati,Roy, Abhishek IEEE 2017 IEEE communications letters Vol.21 No.7

<P>Cloud radio access network (C-RAN) separates the baseband processing from the radio transmissions in the base station. The baseband processing is done at the baseband unit (BBU), centrally for a huge number of remote radio head (RRH). The BBU pool works virtually and significantly to reduce power consumption in the cellular networks. Efficient coordination among these BBUs can improve network performance in terms of resource utilization and power consumption. In this letter, we propose a BBU and RRH association scheme based on graph partitioning and rejoining to minimize the power consumption due to communication overhead. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm improves power consumption up to 20% and reduces handover overhead up to 30% compared with the traditional approach.</P>

A Study of SCEs and Analog FOMs in GS-DG-MOSFET with Lateral Asymmetric Channel Doping

Sahu, P.K.,Mohapatra, S.K.,Pradhan, K.P. The Institute of Electronics and Information Engin 2013 Journal of semiconductor technology and science Vol.13 No.6

The design and analysis of analog circuit application on CMOS technology are a challenge in deep sub-micrometer process. This paper is a study on the performance value of Double Gate (DG) Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) with Gate Stack and the channel engineering Single Halo (SH), Double Halo (DH). Four different structures have been analysed keeping channel length constant. The short channel parameters and different sub-threshold analog figures of merit (FOMs) are analysed. This work extensively provides the device structures which may be applicable for high speed switching and low power consumption application.

A novel alendronate functionalized nanoprobe for simple colorimetric detection of cancer-associated hypercalcemia

Sahu, Abhishek,Hwang, Youngmin,Vilos, Cristian,Lim, Jong-Min,Kim, Sunghyun,Choi, Won Il,Tae, Giyoong The Royal Society of Chemistry 2018 Nanoscale Vol.10 No.28

<P>The calcium (Ca<SUP>2+</SUP>) ion concentration in the blood serum is tightly regulated, and any abnormalities in the level of serum calcium ions are associated with many potentially dangerous diseases. Thus, monitoring of the Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> ion concentration in the blood serum is of fundamental importance. Gold nanoparticle (GNP)-based colorimetric biosensors have enormous potential in clinical diagnostic applications due to their simplicity, versatility, and unique optical properties. In this study, we have developed an alendronate functionalized gold nanoparticle (GNP-ALD) system for the measurement of Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> ion concentration in biological samples. The GNP-ALD system showed higher sensitivity towards the Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> ion compared to adenosine diphosphate (ADP) or adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The strong interaction between the Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> ion and ALD at the GNP/solution interface resulted in significant aggregation of the ALD conjugated GNPs, and induced a color change of the solution from red to blue, which could be visually observed with the naked eye. The interaction between the Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> ion and GNP-ALD was characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) imaging, and dynamic light scattering (DLS) analysis. Under the optimized conditions, the lower limit of Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> ion detection using this method was found to be 25 μM and a linear response range from 25 μM to 300 μM Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> ions was obtained with excellent discrimination against other metal ions. The GNP-ALD nanoprobe could successfully determine the ionized Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> concentration in various serum samples and the results were validated using a commercial calcium assay kit. Moreover, as a practical application, we demonstrated the utility of this nanoprobe for the detection of cancer-associated hypercalcemia in a mouse model.</P>