Volume 15, Issue 7 (2018) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

An Improved Object Detection Technique for Hazard Avoidance Systems

Supreet Kaur Deol — 2018-09-27

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 27 September 2018; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2018.346.357

Hazard detection and avoidance at construction sites working with heavy equipment and moving vehicles is one of the biggest issues in modern surveillance. Background subtraction using a Gaussian Mixtu...

Characterization of the Earth's Surface State by Unsupervised Classification: Case of Vegetated, Aquatic and Mineral Surfaces

Jean-Claude Okaingni — 2018-08-27

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 27 August 2018; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2018.358.369

In this study, we propose an unsupervised classification scheme based on the Dempster-Shafer Theory (TDS) and the Dezert-Smarandache Theory (DSmT) to characterize vegetated, aquatic and mineral surfac...

Short-Term Effects of Aroma Therapeutic Herbal Steam on Heart Rate Variability and Stress

Peerada Damapong — 2018-09-04

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 4 September 2018; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2018.370.374

This experimental research aims to examine the short-term effects of aroma therapeutic herbal steam on heart rate variability and stress. In this experimental study, the participants were 60 diabetic ...

Effects of Extended-Rotifers Inclusion and Live Food-Enrichment with Probiotics on the Survival, Metamorphosis, Development Time and Growth of Mud Crab, Scylla paramamosain (Estampador) Larvae

Quy Moc Ong — 2018-09-29

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 29 September 2018; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2018.375.386

The present larval nutrition study was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding probiotic-enriched rotifers inclusion mixed with Artemia until zoeal stages 4 (Z4) and Z5 on the survival, metamorph...