Volume 2, Issue 4 (2005) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Scheme for ISDN/DECT Wireless Internetworking and Verification

Maher Dababneh — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.746.750

A novel scheme to access the basic rate service of the Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) using the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone (DECT) radio interface standard is presented. The S-inter...

Simulation of Solar Radiation System

M.S. Alam — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.751.758

In this research work, a mathematical model for simulation of the solar radiation system has been developed by using a system dynamics methodology. Bangladesh is used here for model validation. The si...

Monitoring Water Quality Parameters of the Transboundry River Nestos

Psilovikos Aris — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.759.762

The Nestos/Mesta river, shared by Greece and Bulgaria, needs monitoring system along its course for sustainable management and environmental preservation. Such a system, known as R.E.MO.S., was instal...

Manpower Consideration to Reduce Development Time for New Model in Automotive Industry

N. M.Z.N. Mohamed — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.763.767

A study of manpower consideration to reduce development time for new model in automotive industry is presented in this study. The approach taken are by studying the existing practice in car developmen...

Control of Oxygen Concentration by Using a Carbonaceous Substance

Mohanad Jadan — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.768.770

The control of oxygen concentration in gas flow may be used in chemical industry, heat power engineering, ecology, automobile construction and other industrial branches. This control is realized over ...

Optimization of the Correcting Gains of Fractional Order Hold Devices for Inter-sample Output Reconstruction

M. D.L. Sen — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.771.773

The design of Fractional Order Holds (FROH) of correcting gains β ∈ [-1, 1] (potentially and possibly including zero-order holds, ZOH with β = 0, and firelation holds, FROH relating) is discussed...

Earthquake Airbags, New Devices to Save Lives in Earthquakes, Tornados and Similar Disasters Resulting from Building Crashes

Amir Hashem Shahidi Bonjar — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.774.777

Earthquake Airbag (EA) is a new terminology being introduced for the earthquake literature of the world. According to literature surveys, this terminology has not been used previously. Based on many s...

Production of Light Weight Ceramics Teils from Local Materials

Ghazi Al-Marahleh — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.778.783

This study covers the feasibility of production lightweight ceramics teils (light weight clay bricks) by adding local various types of combustible materials to the clay. It was found those substantial...

Screening of Industrial Development Policies, Plans and Programs of Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Industrial Sector of Iran

J. Nouri — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.784.790

The present investigation deals with the quality of capacity building and institutional strengthening of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in the industrial sector as well as determining the en...

Estimation of Vibrations in Switched Reluctance Motor Drives

S. Balamurugan — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.791.795

This study discusses a simple algorithm for estimation and reduction of Vibrations in a Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) using magnetic circuit simulation in MATLAB/SIMULINK Environment. A Non-linear m...

Chemical and Biological Warfare: Should Rapid Detection Techniques Be Researched To Dissuade Usage? A Review

Mark R. Hurst — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.796.805

Chemistry, microbiology and genetic engineering have opened new doorways for the human race to propel itself to a better future. However, there is a darker side to Bioengineering. One element of this ...

OOST: An Object Oriented Tool for Satellite Orbit Design

A. A. Salem — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.806.818

In this study the problems of satellite orbit design and simulation are tackled and an object oriented satellite tool OOST is developed. The tool with its three main modules enables the user to plan a...

Building Cost Comparison Between Conventional and Formwork System: A Case Study of Four-storey School Buildings in Malaysia

Nuzul Azam Haron — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.819.823

The Malaysian construction industry is undergoing a transitional change from an industry employing conventional technology to a more systematic and mechanized system. This new system is now known as t...

Design of a LOW Cost IC Tester

Liakot Ali — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.824.827

Low cost Integrated Circuit (IC) testing is now a burning issue in semiconductor technology. Conventional IC tester, Automatic Test Equipment (ATE), cannot cope with the today’s continuously increas...

Dynamical Properties Analysis of Frictional Winding Mechanism with Bobbin Elastic Support

Mohammed A. Alnawafleh — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.828.831

A mathematical model of the Frictional Winding Mechanism (FWM) with bobbin elastic supports for a search of optimal structural and physical parameters for developing new and updating existing FWMs has...

System Availability in the Presence of Estimating Common-cause Time-varying Failure Rates

M. A. El-Damcese — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.832.835

This study presents a method for calculating the availability of a system depicted by availability block diagram, with identically distributed components, in the presence of estimating common cause ha...

Macroeconomic Variables Analysis in Ukraine: An Empirical Approach with Cointegration Method

Nikolaos Dritsakis — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.836.842

This study investigates the relationship among exports, economic growth, investments and employment in a former country of the Soviet Union such as Ukraine. The purpose of this study was to examine th...

Characterization of Reconstructed Basins Using Pattern Spectrum Procedure

P. Radhakrishnan — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.843.846

Several classical and Fractal binary shapes, which are akin to geophysical shapes such as basins, lakes, and pore-grain spruce, are analyzed and characterized by employing various mathematical morphol...

A New Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Iron in Herbs, Spices and Beans with 2,6-Diacetylprydine Dioxime and 2-Acetylpyridine Monoxime

Z. R. Komy — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.847.856

The reaction of iron (II) with 2, 6-diacetylprydine dioxime (H2dapd) and 2-acetylprydine monoxime (Hapm) in 10% and 60% v/v ethanol-water solution at pH 2.5 and 7.5, respectively, were studied using d...

Localization of Implanted Impurities in Silicon

M. Jadan — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.857.859

Localization of implanted boron impurities at the nodes and interstitial of silicon depending on the implantation current density has been studied by the X-ray diffraction and astrophysical methods. A...

Nelson and Plosser Revisited: Evidence from Fractional ARIMA Models

Guglielmo Maria Caporale — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.860.872

In this study fractionally integrated ARIMA (ARFIMA) models are estimated using an extended version of Nelson and Plosser[1]’s data set. The analysis employs[11]’s maximum likelihood procedure. Su...

Blind Decryption and Privacy Protection

Mohammed Al-Fayoumi — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.873.876

Blind decryption is an efficient way of protecting customer’s privacy in online marketing over the Internet (i.e. Hiding information about which goods a user purchases from the vendor). In this stud...

Residual Defects in Silicon Implanted with Boron and Phosphorous Ions

M. Jadan — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.877.880

Accumulation of radiation defects in Si implanted with B+ or P+ ions, and formation of the residual extended defects (dislocation loops, rod-like defects) in the process of successive thermal treatmen...

Modeling Water Quality in Rivers

Liren Yu — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.881.886

This study reports a PC software, used in a Windows-based environment, which was developed based on the first order reaction of Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and a modified Streeter and Phelps equati...

Effect of Laser Irradiation on the Structural and Electrical Properties of Co-Zn Ferrite Thin Film

Nehad M. Tashtoush — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.887.891

Thin films of irradiated and non-irradiated Co-Zn ferrite was prepared by the thermal evaporation method on a glass substrate. The samples were annealed at 200°C, 400°C and 600°C for 1hr. The XRD a...

A Hybrid Fuzzy Neural Networks for the Detection of Tumors in Medical Images

N. Benamrane — 2005-04-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 April 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.892.896

In this study, we propose an approach to detect suspect zones or tumors in medical images. The idea is to define with precision the existence of different kinds of lesions using a hybrid system, which...