Volume 2, Issue 11 (2005) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

On Permutable Subgroups of n-ary Groups

Awni Fayez Al-Dababseh — 2005-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1491.1492

It is proved that every permutable subgroup of a finite n-ary group is subnormal.

Effect of Geometry and Dimensionless Parameters on Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Closed–end Oscillating Heat-pipe at Vertical Position

S. Rittidech — 2005-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1493.1498

This heat transfer characteristics of a closed-end oscillating heat-pipe (CEOHP) depend on a number of parameters. They are the number of turns, inner diameter of the tube, aspect ratio and the dimens...

Dye Removal from Aqueous Solution by using Adsorption on Treated Sugarcane Bagasse

S. Saiful Azhar — 2005-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1499.1503

The use of cheap and ecofriendly adsorbents has been studied as an alternative substitution of activated carbon for the removal dyes from wastewater. Adsorbents prepared from sugarcane baggase-an agro...

An Application of Finite Element Modelling to Pneumatic Artificial Muscle

R. Ramasamy — 2005-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1504.1508

The purpose of this article was to introduce and to give an overview of the Pneumatic Artificial Muscles (PAMs) as a whole and to discuss its numerical modelling, using the Finite Element (FE) Method....

Development of Pulsed Laser Deposition System for the Formation of Web-liked Carbon Nanotubes

Noorhana Yahya — 2005-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1509.1515

This work reports on our earnest effort to develop a pulsed laser ablation deposition system for the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The correct condition such as the pressure, ablation time, p...

Test of a Data Basis Oriented Object after Phase of Conception

Soumia Layachi — 2005-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1516.1519

The concepts of the approach object introduce cause a lot of interest and make a large topic of survey of it. These concepts applied to the data base are going to allow us to master the complexity of ...

Designing and Building an Automatic Information Retrieval System for Handling the Arabic Data

Ibrahiem M.M. El Emary — 2005-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1520.1525

This paper aimed to design and build an Automatic Information Retrieval System to handle the Arabic data. Also, this paper presents some type of comparison between the retrieval results using the vect...

Periodontal Disease as a Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease

Gholamali Najafi-Parizi — 2005-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1526.1528

There are many risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) and periodontal disease (PDD) is a controversial risk factor. The aim of this study was to show the association between CAD and PDD. A cas...

Low Cost Long Distance Detector for Explosives and Chemical Analysis by IEC Application

George H. Miley — 2005-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1529.1532

A radiation source for detecting specific chemicals at several meter distances even behind walls, car doors or other barriers is the application of Million electron Volts (MeV) neutrons from nuclear f...

On the Effect of Counterface Materials on Interface Temperature and Friction Coefficient of GFRE Composite Under Dry Sliding Contact

N. S.M. El-Tayeb — 2005-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1533.1540

Nowadays, there is an increase interest in polymeric composite materials for high-performance in many industrial applications. In other words, the tribo-studies on polymeric materials are growing fast...

Ultrasonic Study and Physical Properties of Borotellurite Glasses

W.M. Daud — 2005-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1541.1546

A series of glasses (TeO2)x (B2O3)1-x with x = 0.6, 0.63, 0.65, 0.70, 0.73, 0.75, 0.78 and 0.80 were synthesized by rapid quenching. Longitudinal and shear ultrasonic velocity were measured at room te...

Failure Diagnosis on Discrete Event Systems

Sihem Kechida — 2005-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1547.1551

The modern technology advances to a point where it is possible and extensively desirable to improve reliability and the technical process safety. This is achieved by computer implanted FDI procedures ...