Volume 14, Issue 9 (2017) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Schoenberg Logarithmic Image Similarity in Prewitt-Gabor-Zernike Domain

Ahmed Jebur Ali — 2017-09-28

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 28 September 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.828.842

This paper represents a new approach for face recognition that incorporates Prewitt edge detection, Gabor filter and Zernike moments to transform the image into a unified domain. On this joint domain,...

Comparison of Stochastic and Rule-Based POS Tagging on Malay Online Text

Kalaiarasi Sonai Muthu Anbananthen — 2017-04-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 April 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.843.851

Extensive development of web 2.0 has led to production of gigantic amount of user generated data. These data consist of many useful information. Manual analyzing these data and classifying sentiment i...

Harvesting Chaetoceros Calcitrans and Nannochloropsis sp. Via Electroflocculation

Nitin Raut — 2017-04-12

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 12 April 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.852.861

The efficiency of harvesting the algal biomass plays a dominant role in the production of biodiesel from microalgae. On a commercial scale the choice and efficiency of the harvesting techniques may be...

Comparing the Empirical and the Theoretical Probability Density of Return in which Variance Obeying Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Process at Indonesian Stock Exchange IDX

Dwi Satya Palupi — 2017-05-17

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 17 May 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.862.868

The distribution of the probability density of a return index with stochastic volatility has been calculated. Here the stock index is assumed to follow geometric Brownian motion, while the variance is...

Assessment of Mothers Knowledge Regarding the Developmental Milestone among Children Under Two Years in Iraq

Lujain Anwar Alkhazrajy — 2017-09-28

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 28 September 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.869.877

Assessing a child's growth through the observation of his/her developmental milestone requires a team effort, in which family plays an important role. To assess the knowledge of the Iraqi mothers rega...

Fabrication and Mechanical Properties of Glass Fiber/Talc/CaCO₃ Filled Recycled PP Composites

Uğur Soy — 2017-08-15

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 15 August 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.878.885

Until now, recycling studies brought to the agenda after the rapid increasing of plastic materials in every area and causing those plastics to environmental pollution after discarding them following t...

Visual Tracking using Invariant Feature Descriptor

Lee-Yeng Ong — 2017-09-21

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 21 September 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.886.898

The process of identifying the state of an object in a video sequence is referred as visual tracking. It is mainly achieved by using the appearance information from a reference image to recognize the ...

Cognitive Development of College Students and their Achievement in Geometry: An Evaluation using Piaget’s Theory and Van Hiele’s Levels of Thinking

Ronald Sumaya Decano — 2017-09-23

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 23 September 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.899.911

The study evaluated the cognitive development levels of college students and their achievement in Geometry using Piaget’s Test of Logical Operations and Van Hiele’s Levels of Thinking. The researc...

Moderating Effects of IT Applications on IT Capability and Competitive Advantage

Lew Sook Ling — 2017-10-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 October 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.912.922

Generally, this study aims to assist domestic companies to determine appropriate Information Technology (IT) applications to attain Competitive Advantage (CA). Specifically, this study aims to assess ...

Statistical Demonstration of Superiority of High-Frequency Short-Tests in Assessment When Teaching Statistics to Enhance Higher Student Pass Rates

Solly Matshonisa Seeletse — 2017-10-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 October 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.923.929

When facilitating learning, quick and small assessments can assist to detect areas that require further reinforcement and also identify students who need extra help in understanding the concepts taugh...