Mustard is a condiment that has been used for culinary, religious and cultural purposes by humanity since time immemorial. Mustard has figured prominently in the Indian tradition and its medicinal properties have been systematically evaluated and documented in the classical Ayurvedic texts. The paper attempts to carefully review the ancient and contemporary uses of mustard as food and medicine ...

This is a segment of the Literature Review chapter of a working paper titled, “Introducing Sugar Cane Juice in the Foreign MarketA Thorough Market Potential”. The paper entails a detailed analysis of the market segment strategy for the betterment of unders tanding and ensuring essentials in considering the right customer class to push the natural product to. The report is still in field level a...

K-means is an effective clustering technique used to separate similar data into groups based on initial centroids of clusters. In this paper, Normalization based K-means clustering algorithm(N-K means) is proposed. Proposed N-K means clustering algorithm applies normalization prior to clustering on the available data as well as the proposed approach calculates initial centroids based on weights...

In this paper we examine the possibility to bridge theory of Distributed Cognition with popular theories of Social Studies of Technology (in particular, Actor-Network Theory and Social Construction of Technology). Responding to a recent call for revisiting the design metaphor, in this paper we aim to obtain more precise terminology for describing the phenomena of ICT design in theoretical terms...

We study an optimization problem of an investor in which there is a better investment opportunity when he is rich than when he is poor. We model the betterment of the investment opportunity by considering an exogenously specified wealth threshold such that the investor’s investment opportunity is better when his wealth is above the threshold than when it is below the threshold. We derive a clos...

Accessibility analysis, examining people’s ability to access facilities and destinations, is a fundamental assessment for transport planning, policy making, and social exclusion research. Dynamic accessibility which measures accessibility in real-time traffic environment has been an advanced accessibility indicator in transport research. It is also a useful indicator to help travelers to unders...

Optical correspondence networks connecting ship’s system introduces the heuristic way to deal with accessibility investigation interfacing boat's frameworks. The availabilities of individual parts have been figured, as the reason for the whole framework accessibility assessment. A few system accessibility structures and assurance situations are exhibited and the accessibility assessed. In view ...

Web accessibility has become an important issue since the dramatic rise in the use of the Web. Web accessibility deals with overcoming barriers users with disabilities face when trying to access information on Web sites. The U.S. has passed laws relating to Web accessibility to improve the usability of the Internet for disabled users. Technical advancements have improved assistive tools such as...

Despite tremendous advancements in transforming the Internet into a platform for conducting business and providing e-services, the infrastructure for more interoperable and integrated e-services platforms is still not materialized yet. This paper intends to address the issues regarding the infrastructure for such e-services platforms. It presents a real-world example towards building such a pla...