Archives-September 2013

Metaphors are ubiquitous in language. When researching metaphor in everyday language, metaphor researchers firstly need to identify metaphor in everyday language. One way is that metaphor researchers turn to naturally-occurring language. The metaphoric language used in everyday language reveals the ideology of the specific historical period of society. In this respect, colour plays an important role in convention metaphorical expressions in people's lives and daily communication. As a sub-category of metaphors, colour terms are widely used literally and metaphorically in different languages and may also reflect cultural identities of language users. Taking cognitive linguistics into account (Lakoff & Johnson, 1999), the present study aimed to investigate the metaphorical link which accounts for connotative meanings that is ascribed to colour terms. To do so, we collected Persian instances from some Persian dictionaries. The findings of this endeavor show that cultural orientations play a significant role in colour connotations in Persian, and subsequently filtering the relevant connotations of a particular metaphor.

This paper deals with demand prediction by combining basic exponential smoothening with Markov based algorithm. This demand prediction is suitable for novel and minimum shelf life products and is suited for small scale retailers and manufacturers, since for them acquisition of costly software tools is out of their financial reach. This paper attempts to arrive at predicting a fixed value of demand which will enhance the profit. The Exponential smoothing process involves comparing the latest observation with the previous weighted average and making a proportional adjustment, governed by the coefficient ?, known as the smoothing constant. By convention we constrain the coefficient to the range, so that only a part of the difference between the old mean and the new observation is used in the updating, 0<?<1.Initially demand is predicted by using basic exponential smoothing for two successive months and error of demand for each day is estimated. Markov based algorithm is then applied for these errors and the steady state probability is then determined for each state. The demand corresponding to the state with maximum probability is taken as the optimum one and the corresponding profit is estimated. This concept is then implemented for a baked product and the annual savings for a particular product is then established.

Indian medicinal plants used in the Ayurveda traditional system to treat diabetes are a valuable source of novel anti diabetic agents. Alpha amylase inhibitors offer an effective strategy to lower the level of postprandial hyperglycemia via control of starch breakdown. Aloe vera has been considered as hypoglycemic agent. In the study, we compared the alpha amylase inhibitory activity of flavonoids and alkaloids extracted from Aloe vera leaves in two districts of Rajasthan- Jaipur and Bharatpur which sears approximately similar climatic conditions. Alpha amylase inhibitory activities were evaluated by both qualitative and quantitative assays. Results showed that Flavonoids have very high anti diabetic potential in both districts than alkaloid extracts. IC50 value of flavonoids in Bharatpur district is the lowest value i.e. 0.003 mg/ml while it is the highest value of alkaloids in Bharatpur district. In both districts results showed few variations due to climatic and some other effects.

The concept of smart grid is a promising issue in the field of energy management. There are lots of researches going on different aspect of this system. One of the major topics that is involved in this concept is the communication constraints. In this paper we have analyzed few aspects of smart grid system. The main focus is on the communication technologies and their threats along with solutions. We have considered different literatures to investigate the overall concept of smart grid and prepared a review on the topic.

Weather forecasting is a very fundamental application in meteorology and technologically challenging problem. The estimation of temperature values are needed for agricultural, technical and environmental applications. Meteorological dataset has historical data of all weather parameters and the temporal analysis of this dataset can help to mine meaningful knowledge. There are number of techniques available in data mining, but Association Rule Mining is one of the most popular technique to mine large amount of dataset for finding the hidden relationship between various dataset variables values and identifies correlations between them. The scope of this research is to analyze temporal rules generated to predict day to day temperature variation of a specific region Surat, India. To accomplish this, the framework is proposed for prediction of day temperature variation from seasons. From the experiments, achieved higher accuracy compare to other data mining technique and the rules which show how day variations are related. Also prepared the list of parameters which is less in number to help for the prediction instead of all parameters and thus it helps in the reduction of the dataset size.

We are very happy to announce that from 17th September 2013, Dr. Ali Hmood Al-Saadi has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Science. Dr. Ali Hmood Al-Saadi is currently working as Chairman of Biology Department, College of Science, Babylon University, Babylon, Iraq. The appointment of Dr. Ali Hmood Al-Saadi as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 26th September 2013, Dr. Ali Moghimi has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Chemistry. Dr. Ali Moghimi is currently working as Associated Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Varamin (Pishva) Branch Islamic Azad University, Varamin, Iran. The appointment of Dr. Ali Moghimi as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 25th September 2013, Dr. Hamida Chishti has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Chemistry. Dr. Hamida Chishti is currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, India 190006. The appointment of Dr. Hamida Chishti as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 28th September 2013, Dr. Jagdish Labhubhai Kakadiya has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Pharmacology. Dr. Jagdish Labhubhai Kakadiya is currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Indubhai Patel College of Pharmacy and Research Centre, Petlad-Khambhat Road, Dharmaj-388430, Anand, Gujarat. The appointment of Dr. Jagdish Labhubhai Kakadiya as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

We are very happy to announce that from 26th September 2013, Dr. Rafia Bashir has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Chemistry. Dr. Rafia Bashir is currently working as Teaching Faculty, Department of Chemistry, NIT Srinagar Kashmir, J&K. The appointment of Dr. Rafia Bashir as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief