ITM University, Gurgaon, Haryana

About: ITM University, Gurgaon, Haryana is a education organization based out in Gurgaon, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Encryption & Cryptosystem. The organization has 749 authors who have published 1159 publications receiving 12997 citations.

Developing SOA-enabled service agility capabilities: case studies in services industry

Abstract: The research paper explores how information technology, specifically service-oriented architecture (SOA)-enabled service agility capabilities, were developed. The paper defines the service agility capabilities (sensing and responding) using dynamic capabilities theory and service dominant logic. In this research, we present two case studies, based on the services sector. This paper explains, 'how' these capabilities were developed by responding organisations. Based on the research results, the propositions were proposed. Further, the model was supported through thematic analysis. The study contributes towards the knowledge base of agility and reveals how SOA-enabled capabilities are developed to achieve agile services.

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as Biocontrol Agents for Parasitic Nematodes in Plants

Abstract: The use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides has not only caused damage to environment but has caused detrimental impacts on the health of people. In order to feed the ever growing population and prevent environmental contamination and decrease the impact on human health organic farming is being promoted all over the world. The use of Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi to boost agricultural productivity is considered a better alternative as it has strong influence on plant interactions by aiding plants in resource acquisition, disease suppression, and tolerance to soil pollution and play a decisive role in plant development. It also enhance the supply of water and nutrients (phosphate and nitrogen), to the host plant. In return, up to 20% of plant-fixed carbon is transferred to the fungus; hence the nutritional exchange is bidirectional. AMF acts as a biocontrol agent for various crops and thus reduces the burden of pesticides in agro-ecosystems. Advance research is needed to develop farming systems that optimize the use of natural resources such as mycorrhizal fungi for sustainable agricultural production. The present chapter is an attempt to study the role of AMF in controlling different plant parasitic nematodes along with its important advantages for the crop production.

Security enrichment of optical image cryptosystem based on superposition technique using fractional Hartley and gyrator transform domains deploying equal modulus decomposition

Abstract: In this paper, a symmetric cryptosystem has been suggested to increase security of double random phase encoding using superposition technique in fractional Hartley transform (FrHT) and gyrator transform (GT) domains. It uses structured phase mask (SPM) and hybrid mask (HM) deploying equal modulus decomposition (EMD). Related to original phase truncated Fourier transform (PTFT) based cryptosystem, the security of encoding and decoding is upgraded by using the superposition technique. With the usage of SPM we can increase the key space while encoding and can also overcome the axis alignment difficulty. Decoding is just the reversal of the encoding method. The proposed scheme has robustness against common attacks like: noise and occlusion attacks. With the help of numerical simulation results we also show that our cryptosystem is vulnerable to various attacks. Performance of the suggested method is calculated in terms of Mean Square Error (MSE) between original and decoded image and also the sensitivity of the SPM parameters and rotational angles of GT is investigated. The competence of the suggested method includes analysis on EMD, histogram and correlation coefficient. The suggested cryptosystem is also open to the occlusion attack and noise attack to analyze its performance and evenness.