Volume 1, Issue 4 (2004) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Fourier Series With Spectral and Wave Number Decomposition

Jung-Hua Chou — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.258.260

In this study, the generic nature of Fourier series is pointed out and the requirement of dimensional homogeneity for physical systems is emphasized. By suitable application of non-dimensional variabl...

Key Success Factors of 3rd Generation Mobile Network Services for M-Commerce in Malaysia

Saravanan Muthaiyah — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.261.265

While there has been a great deal of excitement in view of M-commerce, very little is actually known about conditions and critical success factors for successful introduction of the 3rd generation mob...

Duration Modeling in Undergraduate Econometrics Curriculum via Excel

Ismail H. Genc — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.266.272

The main goal of an Econometrics course is to prepare students for more advanced levels of study and make them able to cope with the empirical problems they are likely to face. In recent years, there ...

Evaluation of a New Device, Automated Shower head on Water Conservation in Bath Showers

M. Shamsi — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.273.275

In cosmopolitan areas and big cities of the world, shortage of drinking water during the peaks of consumption hours is a noticeable problem. Many people may not have piped water during these critical ...

Molecular Characterization of Banana (AA) Diploids with Contrasting Levels of Black and Yellow Sigatoka Resistance

Claudia Fortes Ferreira — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.276.278

Most banana cultivars are susceptible to many diseases, whereas Sigatoka leads to greatest yield losses. One of the strategies to overcome this disease is thorough banana genetic breeding which consis...

Culture and Managerial Styles: A Study of Potential Managers in Malaysia

Stanley Richardson — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.279.283

Multimedia University, (MMU) is the oldest and largest private university in Malaysia (a multiracial country). Its main campus in Cyberjaya, Selangor has four Faculties: Creative Multimedia (FCM), Inf...

Real Time Hybrid Controller Implementation for Switched Reluctance Motor Drive

S. Paramasivam — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.284.294

This study presents the real time hybrid controller implementation for a Switched Reluctance motor Drive. The developed hybrid control law consists of Proportional Integral (PI) controller at steady s...

A Research on Forest Road Planning and Projecting by Inroads Software in Bolu Region of Turkey

Murat Demir — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.295.301

The computer software and hardware is extensively and effectively used especially in many countries of the world for the solution of complex problems. The facilities offered by the computer technology...

Economic Impact of E. Coli O111 Outbreak in 1995 in Australia

Shahjahan Ali Khandaker — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.302.308

Increased incidence of food-borne illnesses is a matter of significant concern for the community and the government alike. An outbreak of E. coli O111 that occurred in Australia in 1995 affected 200 p...

Simulation of Thermal Stratification in Urban Man-made Lakes

J. Nouri — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.309.315

Chitgar artificial lake, located in the urban District-22 Municipality of Tehran northwest of Tehran, Iran is by volume l0 Million Cubic Meter (MCM), by depth average 10 meters (m.) and by area 225 he...

Finite Difference Solution for Precooling Process of Fish Packages

K. A. Abbas — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.316.320

The present work aims at finding an optimized finite difference scheme for the solution of problems involving pure convection heat transfer in slab shaped fresh water fish pieces. A generalized mathem...

Potential of Rice Husk and Rice Husk Ash for Phenol Removal in Aqueous Systems

A. H. Mahvi — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.321.326

The potential of rice husk and rice husk ash for phenol adsorption from aqueous solution was studied. Batch kinetics and isotherm studies were carried out under varying experimental conditions of cont...

A Secure Database Encryption Scheme

Zongkai Yang — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.327.331

The need to protect database, would be an every growing one especially so in this age of e-commerce. Many conventional database security systems are bugged with holes that can be used by attackers t...

The Effect of Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors on Contraceptive Use and Induced Abortion in Turkey

Ozlem Alpu — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.332.337

The aim of the study was to estimate the parameters of the heteroscedastic bivariate Probit model established for the induced abortion and the contraceptive use by using socioeconomic and demographic ...

Extending UML-RT for Control System Modeling

Qimin Gao — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.338.347

There is a growing interest in adopting object technologies for the development of real-time control systems. Several commercial tools, currently available, provide object-oriented modeling and design...

Feasibility of Continuous Flow Sequencing Batch Reactor in Domestic Wastewater Treatment

Amir Hossein Mahvi — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.348.353

The purpose of this study was to determine whether continuous flow SBR could provide efficient pollutant removal in domestic wastewater. The experiment was carried out using a pilot scale at Tehran Un...

Simulation of Voltage Stability and Alleviation Through Knowledge Based System

A. Arunagiri — 2004-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2004; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2004.354.357

Modern power systems are large sized and rapidly growing. They require constant attention to monitor their performance. Attention is also required to ensure that the voltage stability margin of the po...