Double-blind Peer Review Process Research Articles

Peer review declaration

BulTrans-2020. International Scientific Conference on Aeronautics, Automotive and Railway Engineering and Technologies All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing.• Type of peer review: Double-blind• Conference submission management system: process.bultrans.org• Number of submissions received: 53• Number of submissions sent for review: 47• Number of submissions accepted: 34• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 64%• Average number of reviews per paper: 1-2• Total number of reviewers involved: 22• Any additional info on review process: Verification and approval of the papers is carried out in four stages (Stage 1 – Title and abstract evaluation; Stage 2 – Full text evaluation by the Editor-in-Chief; Stage 3 – Review process; Stage 4 – Approval). Each paper goes plagiarism check and a double-blind peer review process. At least one review is being created by a specialist in the respective field, through a unified template. The authors are given access to the full text of the reviews. Upon completion of the review process, the papers and their reviews are submitted to the Editorial board for approval. At the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief, reports that have been refused publication in IOP Proceedings may be submitted for publication in the traditional BulTrans proceedings, published by Technical University of Sofia Academic Publishing House.• Contact person for queries: Assoc. Prof. N. Pavlov, PhD, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, E-mail: npavlov@tu-sofia.bg

PREFACE

This publication consists of the peer-reviewed papers from the National Conference on Science, Engineering and Technology (NCSET 2020), which was organized by the School of Electrical Engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai during the period from May 11-12, 2020. However, due to the COVID 19 pandemic the conference was held Online. The main objective of NCSET 2020 is to provide an opportunity for our research scholars to exchange their research outputs and innovative ideas in different domains of Science, Engineering and Technology, ably guided by our faculty members. This proceeding will include presentations on the niche research areas in the above disciplines.The inaugural session of the conference had the felicitation address by Dr.V.S.Kanchana Bhaaskaran, Pro-Vice Chancellor, VIT Chennai. The conference was inaugurated virtually through the zoom platform on May 11, 2020 by the Chief Guest of the event Mr.Balaji Selvaraju, Founder and Managing director Prominds Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad. The chief guest elaborated in detail on the long term skills to be acquired by post graduate engineers and research scholars especially under the prevailing Covid 19 pandemic situations. The conference had two keynote Speakers. The first keynote address was delivered by Mr.Karnam Sathiskumar, Managing Director, Engineering Par Formulations, Chennai. He shared about his experiences at VIT Vellore as an undergraduate student of Mechanical Engineering. The second keynote speech was by Mr.V.K.Arunshankar, who is a Trainee Engineer at Danfoss Electric Drives Division, Orgadam Chennai.This year NCSET 2020, had more than 175 participants from VIT Chennai. A total of 171 research articles were submitted and based on the double-blind peer review process 75 full length papers were accepted to be published with Journal of Physics IOP Conference Series. The evaluation of all the papers was performed based on the reports from anonymous reviewers.We would like to take this opportunity to deeply express our heartfelt appreciation to Dr. G. Viswanathan, Founder and Chancellor, Vellore Institute of Technology; Dr. Sekar Viswanathan, Vice President, Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai Campus; Dr. Sandhya Pentareddy, Executive Director, Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai Campus; Dr. Anand A. Samuel, Vice Chancellor, Vellore Institute of Technology; Dr. V. S. Kanchana Bhaaskaran, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai Campus; Dr.A.Peer Fathima, Professor and Dean, School of Electrical Engineering; Our special thanks to all our Keynote Speakers, Session Chairs, all the Committee Members and Reviewers involved in the technical evaluation of conference papers.VIRTUAL DISCLAIMER FOR NCSET 2020:• As it was uncertain about when COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions across the globe would end, the conference was conducted in virtual mode considering the safety of the participants.• The conference was not postponed to a later period because the scientific community cannot share their research findings and there would have been a delay in publishing their research work.• The virtual conference was organized by Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai during May 11& 12, 2020 using video conferencing platforms like Microsoft Teams and Zoom.• The conference had 2 keynote speakers; each delivered their talk related to the theme of the conference.• The School of Computer Science and Engineering had a total of 22 Tracks, School of Mechanical and Civil Engineering - 6 Tracks, School of Electronics Engineering - 8 Tracks, Business and Management - 4 Tracks.• At the end of the keynote session, audiences were provided time to clarify their doubts with the speaker and a member from the organizing committee summarized and thanked the speaker.• With regard to the paper presentation, the panel members (session chairs) and audience were given the opportunity to ask questions to the authors regarding their research findings for a duration of 5 minutes.• NCSET2020 had 175 participants from VIT Chennai Campus and Eminent Keynotespeakers from India.• All the submitted papers were initially screened for plagiarism using TURNITIN software and only those papers which had less than 10% plagiarism were selected for presentation in the conference. Moreover, all the presented papers were double blind peer reviewed by two reviewers and the authors were instructed to submit the revised manuscript based on the reviewers comments.• NCSET2020 has been conducted successfully during May 11 & 12, 2020. The next edition of the NCSET2020 is planned on November 2020.Best Regards,Editors, Dr.A.Peer Fathima Dr.L.Premalatha Dr.N.Senthil Kumar

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead (1901-1978), American anthropologist This annual Special Edition once again combines outstanding papers from two conferences: The 31st annual conference of the Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering (SAIIE Green) (5-7 October 2020, held virtually), The 21st annual international conference of the Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa (RAPDASA) (4-6 November 2020, a hybrid conference held virtually and in three locations: Bloemfontein, Centurion, and Stellenbosch, South Africa). The Special Edition, introduced in 2016, continues to showcase the best research presented at these conferences. Papers undergo the same double-blind peer review process using the journal’s criteria; and the choice of those included in this Special Edition was based on rankings provided by the reviewers and on a final check of their quality and suitability by the editors of the journal. It was interesting to notice that, in 2020, both conferences featured the idea of change in their themes – SAIIEGreen: Being the change, and RAPDASA: Additive manufacturing for our rapidly changing world. And what a year of change it has been. As we start a new decade, I am increasingly aware of the rapidly changing and broad consequences of our existence on this beautiful yet fragile planet, and the resulting opportunities for ‘being the change’. Although industrial engineers are a relatively small community of professionals, I am always inspired by the relevant, innovative, and far-reaching impact that we can have on every aspect of our society. As you read through the papers in this Special Edition, I trust that you will be inspired by the exemplary work that represents our discipline of industrial engineering. Teresa Hattingh Guest editor

Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing.• Type of peer review: Double Blind o The double-blind peer review process has been followed by sending the manuscripts to the subject experts ( Reviewer) without author’s name and their details. Authors are informed to incorporate the review comments has been suggested by the reviewers. o The revision submission of manuscripts has been ensured by the editor ( Dr.I.Saravanan ) and it has been submitted to the journals through google drive. I assured that if there is any comments and suggestions from the journal, it will be incorporated further. • Conference submission management system: Submission has been received through mail and Peer Review has been followed. • Email ID used for all correspondence and submission is is.icambc@gmail.com (ICAMBC_2020 official Mail ID) by Dr.I.Saravanan, Editor & Convener, ICAMBC_2020 • Number of submissions received: 50 • Number of submissions sent for review: 50 • Number of submissions accepted: 18 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 36 % • Average number of reviews per paper: 3 (1-Preliminary- Format, Language, Reference Cross Check and Title search + 2-Technical)• Total number of reviewers involved: 30 • Contact person for queries: Dr.I. Saravanan, Convener & Guest Editor,ICAMBC_2020. Email : is.mech@outlook.com Phone : 98414 44418

PREFACE: TECHNICAL COMMISSION I

Abstract. For ISPRS Technical Commission I (TC I), a remarkable number of 189 submissions for the 2020 Congress edition of ISPRS Annals and ISPRS Archives was received. This included both full paper and abstract submissions from all over the world. Encouraged by the success of double blind paper reviewing in preparation of the 2016 Prague congress and the 2018 Karlsruhe symposium, also this time, TC I organized a strict peer-reviewing process. This included double-blind reviewing for full papers as well as a two-stage evaluation of abstract submissions – first stage based on the submitted abstracts (“conditional acceptance”), and second stage after submission of the respective final papers.In total, we received 69 full paper submissions and 120 abstract submissions, which indicates a nice trend towards full paper submissions compared to previous TC I events.45 full papers passed the double-blind peer-review process and were accepted for publication in the ISPRS Annals (acceptance rate 64%); usually, three or four reviews were obtained for each paper. Abstract submissions and their respective final papers were reviewed by a team of professionals. In total, 76 papers were accepted to the ISPRS Archives.The manuscripts in both the ISPRS Annals and Archives cover a broad range of topics related to remote sensing platforms, technologies, systems and related methods and reflect the current trends in algorithmic research and developments in sensing and data acquisition methods. Noteworthy is that numerous contributions were submitted to Intercommission WGs of TC I with TC II and TC IV, which underlines the increasing trend towards an integral approach to sensors, systems and methods in photogrammetry, remote sensing and mobile mapping.

Preface: Technical Commission I

Abstract. For ISPRS Technical Commission I (TC I), a remarkable number of 189 submissionsfor the 2020 Congress edition of ISPRS Annals and ISPRS Archives was received.This included both full paper and abstract submissions from all over the world.Encouraged by the success of double blind paper reviewing in preparation of the2016 Prague congress and the 2018 Karlsruhe symposium, also this time, TC Iorganized a strict peer-reviewing process. This included double-blind reviewing forfull papers as well as a two-stage evaluation of abstract submissions – first stagebased on the submitted abstracts (“conditional acceptance“), and second stage after submission of the respective final papers.In total, we received 69 full paper submissions and 120 abstract submissions, whichindicates a nice trend towards full paper submissions compared to previous TC Ievents.45 full papers passed the double-blind peer-review process and were accepted forpublication in the ISPRS Annals (acceptance rate 64%); usually, three or four reviewswere obtained for each paper. Abstract submissions and their respective final paperswere reviewed by a team of professionals. In total, 76 papers were accepted to theISPRS Archives.The manuscripts in both the ISPRS Annals and Archives cover a broad range oftopics related to remote sensing platforms, technologies, systems and relatedmethods and reflect the current trends in algorithmic research and developments insensing and data acquisition methods. Noteworthy is that numerous contributionswere submitted to Intercommission WGs of TC I with TC II and TC IV, whichunderlines the increasing trend towards an integral approach to sensors, systemsand methods in photogrammetry, remote sensing and mobile mapping.

Use of Solar Electricity: Is it a matter of standard of living? Evidence from Sri Lanka

Journal of Business & Technology (JBT) is an open-access journal published by the Department of the Commerce and Financial Management of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The journal follows a double-blind peer-review process and is published bi-annually (January, July). JBT aims to publish scholarly research, critical reviews, case studies, practitioner reviews and technology reviews in the fields of business and technology.

Preface from the Editors

With deep satisfaction, we would like to present the conference proceedings of the 3rd Life and Environmental Sciences Academics Forum (LEAF) 2019 to the contributors, authors, and readers. These proceedings contain a permanent record of what has been presented at the conference. We hope that you will find these proceedings volume inspiring, beneficial, and exciting.The conference itself was held at The Margo Hotel in Depok, Indonesia, on July 11, 2019. With the full support from Universitas Indonesia, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, FMIPA UI, as the organizer of the conference, continues the tradition to successfully bringing together the researchers, students, and academics from Indonesia and abroad. One of the primary purposes of the meeting is as a response to the global critical environmental challenge. The conference covers all environmental-related subjects, including Biosciences, Geosciences, and Geography. Another essential purpose of the event is to offer a convenient platform for the students and researchers to share and exchange their results findings and discuss the practical challenges and the solution provided.For a one-day conference, the responses to the papers’ call had been overwhelming – both from Indonesia and abroad. Nearly eighty articles have been uploaded to the conference system. After a strict double-blind peer review process on the articles, 78 manuscripts will be presented in these proceedings. We would like to extend our great appreciation for all the reviewers who-amid their busy schedule-supported us in maintaining the papers’ high quality.The inclusion of three Keynote Speakers by Ir. Tandya Tjahjana, M.Si. from Directorate General of Natural Resources Conservation and Ecosystem, Ministry of Environment and Forestry Indonesia, Dr. Suzie Sheehy from University of Oxford, United Kingdom and Prof. Ir. Mega Fatimah Rosana, M.Sc., Ph.D. from Universitas Padjajaran, Indonesia, as well as four Invited Speakers by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd. Hasmadi Ismail from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, Dr. Chanida Suwanprasit from Chiang Mai University, Thailand, Dr. Arief Darmawan from Universitas Lampung, Indonesia and Dr. Hawis H. Madduppa, S.Pi., M.Si. from Institut Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia, has been highly acknowledged. Their lectures have been presented to share ideas and newfound knowledge to the audience in a lively and accessible way.Our utmost appreciation for the generous financial support goes to Universitas Indonesia. The funds are greatly valued and enable us to organize this conference. We are incredibly grateful for the assistance of the technical organizing committee in securing a substantial input of papers and ensuring a useful event. Finally, we would like to extend our gratitude to the authors, whose without their works there will be no successful conference.We wish all the participants of the LEAF 2019 conference a fruitful scientific gathering in Depok, Indonesia. We are looking forward to the next LEAF conference – which hopefully as enjoying and inspiring as the previous event.Depok, June 2020Editors, Ratna Yuniati Chris Margules Ryota Nagasawa Mohd. Hasmadi Ismail Abdul Haris

New currents in the research on esotericism and mysticism

The current 29th volume of Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis is based on a symposium arranged by the Donner Institute and the research project ‘Seekers of the New: Esotericism and the Transformation of Religiosity in the Modernising Finland’ at the University of Turku in June 2017, under the title: ‘Approaching Esotericism and Mysticism: Cultural Influences’. All the articles published in this volume were initially presented as papers at this conference and have, through a double-blind peer-review process, been selected for this volume.

Reviewer Blinding in Peer Review

Reviewer Blinding in Peer Review

Editorial Note for Journal of Petroleum and Environmental Biotechnology

Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology is the most preferred and highly accessed Journal in the field of petroleum exploration, production and environmental biotechnology. The Journal is indexed in CAS Source Index (CASSI), Index Copernicus and Scholar among many other reputed scientific databases. In fact, Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology encourages editorial board members to actively contribute to the scientific world from their research globally. All scientific manuscripts including editorials are subjected to peer review. J Pet Environ Biotechnol follows a double blind peer review process where identity of authors and reviewers is not revealed to each other.

SBE19 Temuco Preface

We are pleased to publish 102 papers presented at the Sustainable Built Environment Temuco 2019 (SBE19 Temuco) Conference, organized by the Faculty of Architecture, Arts and Design at the Catholic University of Temuco in collaboration with the International Initiative for the Sustainable Environment (iiSBE), CIB, FIDIC and UN Environment. The topic of the Conference was “Urban Planning, Global Problems, and Local Policies” and it took place at the San Juan Pablo II Campus of the Catholic University of Temuco in the city of Temuco, Chile, from October 16th to 18th, as part of the 2019 regional SBE Conferences organized all around the world. The papers presented at the Conference were selected on the basis of academic meritocracy adopting a double-blind peer review process and editorial assessment. Papers were grouped into six themes, with the corresponding number of the papers on each theme: 1. A Sustainable Approach to Landscape and Infrastructure: 14 papers. 2. Circular Economy and Resource Management: 18 papers. 3. Climate Change and the Built Environment: 16 papers. 4. Cultural Sustainability: 17 papers. 5. Environmentally Efficient Building Materials and Products: 18 papers. 6. Public Spaces and Quality of Life: 19 papers.The Editors uphold, to the best of their efforts, the quality of the papers to meet the standard of the International Proceedings. By this exertion, the papers are expected to have great impact on research and practices in the fields of sustainability, sustainable construction, new building materials, education, responsible cultural practices, city planning, among other topics. Likewise, we expect these results to be relevant for Chile, the whole Latin American region, and the rest of the world.

Guidance on Writing for the AORN Journal

Guidance on Writing for the <i><scp>AORN</scp> Journal</i>

A timely encounter and a loss

A timely encounter and a loss

Preface

We are grateful to finally be able to present the proceedings of the Life and Environmental Sciences Academics Forum (LEAF). The current proceedings consists of written contribution from a number of presentations during LEAF meeting held on November 1st, 2018. However, there is also some articles from the previous year’s event held on August 18–19th, 2017. Both conferences were organized by the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia (FMIPA UI), and held in Depok, Indonesia. The theme of the essence of bioscience’s contribution to sustainable development and the role of geosciences to solve critical environmental problems were being highlighted in these two conferences. LEAF serves the scientist fellows, academics, researchers as well as university students a platform to communicate and exchange their research activities and ideas in the form of oral presentations. The conference particularly encourages a fruitful and intense discussion among the participants to build a scientist community and a possible collaboration to solve environmental problems, locally and internationally.Nearly one hundred participants have registered for the events, submitted their abstracts, and presented their papers at the conference. In the 2018 event, two Keynote Speakers from Japan and the UK have shared their most insightful and valuable speeches with the audience. Most recent scientific researches known in the field of biosciences and geosciences were presented and discussed. After a thorough reviewing process, 75 papers have been accepted for publication and will be issued in this conference proceedings. All these papers maintained the high expectancy for excellent quality scientific papers to meet the standard of this conference and were subjected to a double-blind peer-review process by experts in the related field. These proceedings present an excellent source for scientists to be an exceptional reference. Hopefully, this volume will stimulate the advance studies and scientific experiments in the future.Finally, we would like to extend our great appreciation for the tremendous work of the organizing committee, for organizing the event most professionally and efficiently possible. The organizing committee has worked very hard and successfully delivered outstanding events. We also appreciate all the delegates from different countries, showing a high level of international interest and acknowledge the author for their contributions. These two successful initial meetings will continue with the publication of the 2019‘s proceedings that we are currently preparing and start to establish an excellent plan for 2020‘s event with confidence.List of Editors are available in this pdf.

Turning your assignment into an article for British Journal of Nursing.

Turning your assignment into an article for British Journal of Nursing.

Introduction: Taiwan, Public Diplomacy, and the World Health Assembly

This is an introduction by the guest editor to the topical section on ‘Taiwan, Public Diplomacy, and the World Health Assembly’ of this issue of the International Journal of Taiwan Studies. The selected four papers, after a double-blind peer review process, were initially presented at a workshop entitled ‘Public Diplomacy and Taiwan's Campaign to Join the wha’, organised by the Global Communications Research Centre, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, 28 March 2018.

Preface

We are pleased to publish 76 selected papers from the 225 submitted abstracts and 100 submitted papers in the First International Conference on Planning towards Sustainability (ICoPS) 2019, organized collaboratively by Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand on 6-7 November 2019 in Surakarta, Indonesia. The first ICoPS was hosted by the Universitas Sebelas Maret, and is expected to continue in which the three organizing universities will take-turn to host the Conference.The papers were selected on the basis of academic meritocracy adopting a double-blind peer-review process, editorial assessment as well as plagiarism check. The papers have also been grouped into eight sub-themes, with the following sub-themes and the corresponding number of the papers:1. Implementing technology in planning: 6 papers2. Social inclusion in planning 7 papers3. Sustainable community in planning 11 papers4. Sustainable human settlements 10 papers5. Urban heritage 12 papers6. Urban environmentalism for sustainability 16 papers7. Sustainable rural-urban economics 8 papers8. Sustainable urban mobility 6 papersList of Main Organizers and Supporting Partners are available in this PDF.

Option Investor Rationality Revisited: The Role of Exercise Boundary Violations

The authors dispute the theory that American call options should not be exercised early. By looking at intraday pricing, they find that the best bid price available is often lower than the option’s intrinsic value and early exercise can be rational. Our empirical results overturn the well-known textbook theory that American options should not be exercised early except in very limited conditions. In the real world, the best bid available in the market is frequently below the option’s intrinsic value (e.g., nearly half of all quotes for in-the- money calls), which we call an “exercise boundary violation” (EBV). In an EBV, early exercise can be the right strategy and the “American” option characteristic has economic value. Some option holders do exercise, some sell at EBV bid prices, and our results suggest that actual exercise behavior is much less irrational than earlier studies concluded. Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest. Editor’s Notes Submitted 26 May 2019 Accepted 4 November 2019 by Stephen J. Brown. This article was externally reviewed using our double-blind peer-review process. When the article was accepted for publication, the authors thanked the reviewers in their acknowledgments. Giuseppe Ballocchi, CFA, and William Fung were the reviewers for this article.

Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing.All conference organisers/editors are required to declare details about their peer review. Therefore, please provide the following information:□ Type of peer review: Double blind peer review process. □ Conference submission management system: Easychair Conference submission management system (www.easychair.org). □ Number of submissions received: 127 □ Number of submissions sent for review: 113 □ Number of submissions accepted: 46 □ Acceptance Rate: 46/127 = 36.22% □ Average number of reviews per paper: 3 □ Total number of reviewers involved: 89 □ Any additional info on review process: Each paper will be submitted to 3 reviewers if paper accepted at least by 2 reviewers then the paper is considered. All papers will be double blinded process. □ Contact person for queries: Prof. shankar Nayak Shankarnayak@svit.ac.in