Volume 2, Issue 7 (2005) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Effect of Chemical Admixtures on the Engineering Properties of Tropical Peat Soils

Bujang B.K. Huat — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1113.1120

This research describes a study on the effect of chemical (cement and lime) admixtures on the index and engineering properties (compaction and unconfined strength) of tropical peat soils. The ordinary...

An Improvement Method for Swell Problem in Sulfate Soils that Stabilized by Lime

M. Jahanshahi — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1121.1128

In this research low plasticity clay (CL) has to be mixed by varying percents of gypsum and after that this mixture would be treated with different amounts of lime, in two methods: regular application...

A Laboratory Study of Bayesian Updating in Small Feedback-Based Decision Problems

Takemi Fujikawa — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1129.1133

This study explores small feedback-based decision problems experimentally. Conducted were the experiments in which the decision-maker’s payoff distribution was limited to either favorable distributi...

A Case-Control Study of Effect of Opium Addiction on Myocardial Infarction

Behzad Azimzade-Sarwar — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1134.1135

Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) and Myocardial Infarction (MI) are one of the most important disease which cause mortality and morbidity. Opioid peptides and exogenous opioid such as morphine are known t...

The Removal of 4-Chlorophenol and Dichloroacetic Acid in Water Using Ti-, Zr- and Ti/Zr-Pillared Bentonites as Photocatalyst

Mohamed Houari — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1136.1140

Heterogeneous photocatalysis could be alternative remediation technology for water since it does not need the addition of any chemicals and it is suitable for treating low concentrations of pollutant....

Structural Analysis of Furniture Hardware Industry in Turkey

Tuncer Dilik — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1141.1145

Furniture hardware plays an important role in the appearance, comfort and function of the furniture. In this study, Turkish furniture hardware companies were examined for their technical and economica...

Synthetic Pyrethroid Resistance in Field Strains of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Tamil Nadu, South India

P. Duraimurugan — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1146.1149

Resistance to synthetic pyrethroids was diagnosed in the field population of American bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, South India during 2003-2004 cropping seasons...

Association of Oral Contraceptives and Abnormal Pap Smear

Sayedmohsen Sayednozadi — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1150.1152

To assess the hypothesis that combined Oral Contraceptive (OCs) increase the risk of cervical neoplasia, we conducted a multicenter Case-Control study in Mashhad, the capital of Khorasan province. Sev...

Determination of A.C. Impedance Spectroscopic and Cyclic Voltammetric Behavior of Some Heterocarbonyl Compounds in Both Aprotic and Aqueous Media

Farouk A. Rashwan — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1153.1157

The electrochemical behavior of eosin, isatin and alloxan in aqueous KNO3 and NaClO4 solutions on the Hanging Mercury Drop Electrode [HMDE] and in aprotic DMF and CH3CN on the Pt-disk electrode at 298...

Trade-GDP Nexus in Iran: An Application of the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Model

Mosayeb Pahlavani — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1158.1165

This study employed annual time series data (1960-2003) and unit root tests with multiple breaks to determine the most likely times of structural breaks in major factors impacting on the trade-GDP nex...

An Overview for Decomposition of Industry Energy Consumption

Chun-Chu Liu — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1166.1168

This study is to overview several methodological related to the decomposition approach based on the energy consumption. Based on a comparison of the size of the residual term that the adaptive weighti...

Wavelet Shrinkage in Noise Removal of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data

Helmi Z.M. Shafri — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1169.1173

It is common in hyperspectral remote sensing studies to perform analysis based on derivative spectroscopy. However, this technique is particularly sensitive to noise in the data. Thus, noise removal i...

Electrochemical Characteristics of Some Purpurins in Aqueous and Nonaqueous Solutions

Farouk A. Rashwan — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1174.1177

The Electrochemical Impedance Technique (EIS) and the Cyclic Voltammetric method (CV) were used to investigate the behavior of purpurin (P), Anthrapurpurin (AP) and Benzopurpurin (BP) in aqueous and i...

Intensity Position Modulation for Free-Space Laser Communication System

F. Faghihi — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1178.1181

In this study a novel analog modulation-demodulation technique for free-space laser communication system called Intensity Position Modulation (IPM) is carried out. According to TEM00 mode of a laser b...

Power Prediction Model for Milling 618 Stainless Steel Using Response Surface Methodology

K. Kadirgama — 2005-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1182.1187

This study discussed the development of the first and second order power prediction model for milling 618 stainless steel with coated carbides cutting tool. The first and second order model has been d...