Volume 8, Issue 10 (2011) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Lab-on-Chip Methodology in the Energy Industry: Wettability Patterns and Their Impact on Fluid Displacement in Oil Reservoir Models

Marc H. Schneider — 2011-08-20

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 August 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.927.932

Problem statement: We present an experimental study of multiphase transport in porous media with controlled wettability patterns based on lab-on-chip methodology. Approach: Fractional, or patterned, w...

Arthropods in Natural Communities in Mescal Agave (Agave durangensis Gentry) in an Arid Zone

María P. González-Castillo — 2011-08-20

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 August 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.933.944

Problem statement: The arthropods have a very important role in the arid zones due to their interactions with many organism and because they constituted an important element in the structure of the pl...

Anticancer Activity of Some New Synthesized Tetrahydroquinoline and Tetrahydrochromene Carbonitrile Derivatives

Usama W. Hawas — 2011-09-14

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 14 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.945.952

Problem statement: In continuation to our search for new heterocyclic chemistry based anticancer, the suggestion, synthesis, structure elucidation of some naphthalene, chromene and quinoline derivativ...

Association of Anthropometric and Metabolic Variables with Cardiovascular Disease among Urban and Rural Origin

Badaruddoza — 2011-08-20

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 August 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.953.961

Problem statement: We have examined the prevalence and association of cardiovascular diseases with respect to obesity and metabolic risk factors clustering among urban and rural Punjabi males aged 20-...

Bioethics Principles in the Teaching of Climate Change

Ravichandran Moorthy — 2011-08-20

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 August 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.962.966

Problem statement: Bioethics is the philosophical study of the ethical controversies about humans and his environment. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relations...

Comparison of Carbon and Selected Macronutrients in Forest-Floor Litter of Rehabilitated and Secondary Forests

Melvin Ku Kin Kin — 2011-08-20

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 August 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.967.972

Problem statement: Forest rehabilitation with human assistance by species selection and management shortens the time needed to rehabilitate degraded land as compared to natural succession. Empirical d...

Impact of Grameen Bank Microcrdit Programme on Changing Livelihood Status of the Rural Women in Panchagarh District of Bangladesh

Ferdoushi Ahmed — 2011-08-20

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 August 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.973.978

Problem statement: Rural women in Bangladesh are the most deprived part of the society and majority of them are extremely poor. They have very limited access to income generating activities and conseq...

Mathematical Modeling of Drying Characteristics of Chilies in a Rotating Fluidized Bed Technique

Kittichai Triratanasirichai — 2011-08-20

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 August 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.979.983

Problem statements: The present study investigates experimentally the thin layer drying of chilies in the Rotating Fluidized Bed (RFB) technique and its mathematical modeling. Approach: The layer’s ...

Production and Characterization of Bio-Char from the Pyrolysis of Empty Fruit Bunches

Mohamad Azri Sukiran — 2011-08-20

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 August 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.984.988

Problem statement: The palm oil industry generates an abundance of oil palm biomass such as the Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB), shell, frond, trunk and Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME). For 88 million tones of ...

A Novel Technique to Perform Plating on Printed Circuit Board

S. Jayapoorani — 2011-08-20

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 August 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.989.991

Problem statement: This research attempts to optimize the parameters for pulse plating of silver on printed circuit board. The idea here is to use pulse plating technique which is metal deposition by ...

Quaternion Photometric Stereo for Rotation Invariant Surface Texture Classification

Balakrishnan Sathyabama — 2011-08-20

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 August 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.992.996

Problem statement: The escalating growth of computer vision applications has increased the need for faster and more accurate image analysis algorithms. One application of image analysis that has been ...

A Framework of Successful Executive Information System Development for Education Domain

Mahamsiatus Kamaruddin — 2011-08-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 August 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.997.1003

Problem statement: Education management is a centralized process of planning, monitoring and controlling entities involved in education affairs so that they align with educational aspirations. It norm...

Using Hyper Clustering Algorithms in Mobile Network Planning

Lamiaa Fattouh Ibrahim — 2011-08-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 August 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.1004.1013

Problem statement: As a large amount of data stored in spatial databases, people may like to find groups of data which share similar features. Thus cluster analysis becomes an important area of resear...

Static Synchronous Series Compensator Controller based on Fuzzy Logic Control for Power System Stabilization

Prechanon Kumkratug — 2011-09-07

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 7 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.1014.1018

Problem statement: Modern power system consists of the complicated network of transmission lines and carries heavy demand. Thus they cause in the stability problem. Approach: Static Synchronous Series...

Visually Impaired Children's Acceptances on Assistive Courseware

Nurulnadwan Aziz — 2011-09-07

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 7 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.1019.1026

Problem statement: The government of Malaysia is considering serious efforts in promoting the usage of computers among disabled people. Currently, the availability of computer applications especially ...

Static Var Compensator based on Fuzzy Logic Control for Damping Power System Oscillation

Prechanon Kumkratug — 2011-09-08

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 8 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.1027.1031

Problem statement: The disturbance in power system is unavoidable situation. It causes in power system oscillation. Approach: This study applied the Static Var Compensator (SVC) to damp power system o...

Sliding Mode Observer-Based Fault Reconstruction for Uncertain Linear Systems

Slim Dhahri — 2011-09-08

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 8 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.1032.1040

Problem statement: Fault reconstruction scheme is different from the majority of Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) methods described in the literature in the sense that it not only detects and isola...

STATCOM Stabilizer based on Fuzzy Logic Control for Damping Power Oscillation

Prechanon Kumkratug — 2011-09-08

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 8 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.1041.1044

Problem statement: In power systems, there exists a continuous challenge to improve dynamic performance of power system. Approach: Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) is a power electronic based ...

Electromagnetic Interference Mitigation for Inverter fed AC Drives

C. Karthikeyan — 2011-09-12

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 12 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.1045.1053

Problem statement: In switched mode PWM inverter EMI noise occurs during high (dv/dt) transient period. This EMI noise is mitigated using Active Common mode EMI filter in front of the source. Approach...

Design and Implementation of Novel Artificial Neural Network Based Stock Market Forecasting System on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays

Md. Syedul Amin — 2011-09-12

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 12 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2011.1054.1060

Problem statement: Multiagent system is very proficient and has rules well-suited for financial forecast with its neural network. In financial forecasting, the approach for rules extractions is less p...