Volume 8, Issue 6 (2011) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Kinetic Optimization of Folic Acid Polymer Conjugates for Drug Targeting

Jacob M. Ngoy — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.508.519

Problem statement: Folic Acid (FA) is an essential, bioavailable water soluble B-complex vitamin that helps in the replication of normal cells. It is obtained from natural sources and it deficiency ca...

Bio-Potential Signal Extraction from Multi-Channel Paper Recorded Charts

Ali S.A. Al-Mejrad — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.520.524

Problem Statement: Almost all of the modern biomedical equipments that record the biopotential actions have digital output but the paper chart records are a must. The volume of these records is signif...

Bioassay Guided Isolation of Antibacterial Compounds from Andrographis paniculata

Abubakar Sule — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.525.534

Problem statement: Chronic disease-causing bacteria of medical importance have developed resistance to antibiotics, hence, necessitating distinct and constant need for safe and efficient therapeutic a...

Structure of Lamellae and Chloride Cell in the Gill of Alosa Caspio Caspio (Clupeidae, Teleostei)

Z. Saadatfar — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.535.539

As a surface for respiratory gas diffusion, ion regulation and waste excretion, gill epithelium of Alosa Caspio Caspio has been investigated. Problem statement: Surely, morphological study of gill cel...

The Role of Home Stay for Ecotourism Development in East Coast Economic Region

Md. Anowar Hossain Bhuiyan — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.540.546

Problem statement: This study provided a brief discussion of home stay for ecotourism development in ECER. Home stay is a potential economic activity in tourism sector. The East Coast Economic Region ...

Socio-Demographic Factors Affecting Attitude towards Information and Communication Technology Usage

Musa Abu Hassan — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.547.553

Problem statement: Rural development through ICT has been the focus of the Malaysian government. ICT is an important tool nowadays and in order to be a developed community, the community especially th...

Spartan-3AN Field Programmable Gate Arrays Truncated Multipliers Delay Study

Mohammed H. Al Mijalli — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.554.557

Problem statement: The image processing applications, such as MPEG video compression used in CT scan frames requires real time conditions and the algorithms should be verified and optimized before imp...

Control of the Transmission of Chikungunya Fever Epidemic Through the use of Adulticide

S. Naowarat — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.558.565

Problem statement: Another newly emerging disease, chikungunya fever, has appeared in various places such as the Island of Réunion, Thailand and other India. To control an epidemic of disease once it...

Single Core Hardware Module to Implement Partial Encryption of Compressed Image

Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.566.573

Problem statement: Real-time secure image and video communication is challenging due to the processing time and computational requirement for encryption and decryption. In order to cope with these con...

Optical and Physical Properties of Bismuth Borate Glasses Doped With Dy³⁺

Pichet Limsuwan — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.574.578

This study reports on physical and optical properties of Dy3+ doped bismuth borate glass. The glasses containing Dy3+ in (70-x)B2O3:30Bi2O3:xDy2O3 (where x = 0.0-2.5 mol%) have been prepared by melt-q...

IPv6 Network Mobility Route Optimization Survey

Samer Sami Hassan — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.579.583

Problem statement: This study describes that the Next Generation of Networks (NGN) communication will supports multiple technologies, handles the mobility of end users to move through heterogeneous ac...

Credit Market Development and Economic Growth an Empirical Analysis for Greece

Athanasios Vazakidis — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.584.593

Problem statement: This study investigated the relationship between credit market development and economic growth for Greece for the period 1979-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Ques...

Repower and Evaluation of New Power of Synchronous Generators

S.P.Y. Santos — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.594.602

Problem Statement: Useful life of winding isolation is about 30 years. It can be reduced when it is submitted to overloads or when it is worked in aggressive environments. Approach: When retrofit is d...

Determination of Scattering Parameters of a New Copolymer by Using a Laser Scattering Method

Riyad Ghazy — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.603.609

Problem statement: In present work a poly (4 vinylphenol-co-2 hydroxethyl methacrylate) polymer, (PVPh-HEM), was selected, as a new copolymer, to study the phenomena of Optical Laser Light Scattering ...

Static and Dynamic Performance Improvement of Conventional Computer Numerical Control Machine Tool Bed with Hybrid Welded Steel

S.S. Abuthakeer — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.610.616

Problem statement: The advancements in machine tools to maximize the production by increasing spindle speeds have caused vibration in machine tools. The two functional requirements of machine tool bed...

Predictor Factors of Telecentres Outcome from the Users Perspectives in Rural Communities

Mohammad Badsar — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.617.627

Problem statement: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in developing countries is considered as a fundamental strategy of community development. In this regard, the government of Malaysi...

Variable Viscosity, Chemical Reaction and Thermal Stratification Effects on Mixed Convection Heat and Mass Transfer along a Semi-Infinite Vertical Plate

P. Geetha — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.628.634

Problem statement: In this research the researchers studied and made an analysis to the heat and mass transfer characteristics in a viscous fluid over a semi-infinite vertical porous plate by taking i...

Simplified Procedure for Unsaturated Flow Parameters

Natthawit Jitrapinate — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.635.643

Problem statement: The unsaturated hydraulic conductivity K(θ) and Soil Water Characteristic Curve (SWCC) for saline soil or soil directly contacted with saline water are not permitted using several ...

Creating a Geographical Information Systems-based Spatial Profile for Exploring Health Services Supply and Demand

Abdulkader A. Murad — 2011-06-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.644.651

Problem statement: GIS has several techniques and functions that can be used for health services planning. Each one of these functions can be applied for different health related issues. Approach: The...

QArabPro: A Rule Based Question Answering System for Reading Comprehension Tests in Arabic

Mohammed Akour — 2011-06-14

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 14 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.652.661

Problem statement: Extensive research efforts in the area of Natural Language Processing (NLP) were focused on developing reading comprehension Question Answering systems (QA) for Latin based langua...