Volume 9, Issue 9 (2012) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Electron Spin Resonance Study of Tertiary Sediments in Mae Moh Basin, Lampang Province

Tidarut Vichaidid — 2012-07-14

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 14 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1329.1336

Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) studies have been carried out on Tertiary sediment collected from Mae Moh basin, well known for its lignite mining in Lampang province of the northern Thailand, a stratig...

A Discrete-Time Hazard Model for Loans: Some Evidence from Italian Banking System

Giambona Francesca — 2012-07-14

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 14 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1337.1346

Problem statement: The probability of default, PD, is a crucial problem for banks. In the last years international accords (Basel, Basel 2 and Basel 3) have incentived banks to adopt objectives system...

A Robust Recognition System for Pecan Weevil using Artificial Neural Networks

Saleh Mufleh Al-Saqer — 2012-07-14

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 14 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1347.1353

Problem statement: Pecan Weevil is a widely found pest among pecan trees and these pests are known to cause significant damage to the pecan trees resulting in enormous annual losses to pecan growers. ...

Stability of Rock Pillars with Singular and Persistent Discontinuities

Pierpaolo Oreste — 2012-07-14

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 14 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1354.1372

Problem statement: The strength of rock pillars in the presence of single, persistent, natural discontinuities can seriously be compromised and lead the pillar to collapse because of instability along...

Novel Automatic Query Building Algorithm Using Similarity Thesaurus

Hayel Khafajeh — 2012-07-14

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 14 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1373.1377

One of the most effective factors on the natural language researches is the data set which plays a significant role in designing, improving and evaluation the information retrieval systems and other a...

Discovery of an Equilibrium Circle in the Circular Restricted Three Body Problem

Fawzy A. Abd El-Salam — 2012-07-16

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 16 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1378.1384

Problem statement: A traial to find equilibrium points in out of plane of the restricted three body problem. Approach: Solution of the equations of motion at equilibrium points. Linearizing the equati...

The Approaches of Islamic and Conventional Microfinancing for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Livelihood

Abul Bashar Bhuiyan — 2012-07-17

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 17 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1385.1389

Poverty is the main illness for sustainable livelihood because it destroyed human basic rights for surviving with minimum opportunities especially political, social stability and economic processes, l...

Acoustic Properties of Innovative Material from Date Palm Fibre

Lamyaa Abd AL-Rahman — 2012-07-17

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 17 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1390.1395

Problem statement: An organic material is one of the major requirements to improve living environment and the invention of materials need to consider for the best solution. This study presents an expe...

Low Transition Test Pattern Generator Architecture for Built-in-Self-Test

P. Sakthivel — 2012-07-21

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 21 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1396.1406

Problem statement: In Built-In Self-Test (BIST), test patterns are generated and applied to the Circuit-Under-Test (CUT) by on-chip hardware; minimizing hardware overhead is a major concern of BIST im...

A Metadata Based Storage Model for Securing Data in Cloud Environment

S. Subashini — 2012-07-27

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 27 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1407.1414

Problem statement: Enterprises are migrating to the cloud environment at a faster pace. Security of information that is being processed by the applications and ultimately getting stored in the data ce...

Effects of Noises on Fundamental Frequency Extraction Using Cepstral Analysis for Thai Dialects

Suphattharachai Chomphan — 2012-07-28

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 28 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1415.1421

Problem statement: The fundamental frequency (F0) of the human speech corresponds to the vibration frequency of the human vocal chords. To extract the F0 from a speech utterance, one approach is based...

An Analysis of Operationalization and Acceptability of Business to Business Transaction: A mixed Method Approach

Yusuf Muhammad-Bashir Owolabi — 2012-07-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1422.1434

Business to business barter exchange is a form of transaction that is gaining popularity during the economic downtown despite the fact that money exchange supersede the traditional barter exchange due...

Development of Priority Oriented Scheduling Method to Increase the Reliability of Manufacturing Systems

Seyedehfarzaneh Nojabaei — 2012-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1435.1442

Scheduling occurs in every organization without considering the nature of its activities. In this regard, numerous scholars have attempted to schedule via divergent methods including classical schedul...

Development of a New Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem with Factoring Problem

E. S. Ismail — 2012-08-02

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 2 August 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1443.1447

Problem statement: The security of elliptic curve cryptosystems are based on elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem (ECDLP). However, if an attacker finds a solution to ECDLP, the elliptic curve-ba...

The Development of Geo-Information System for Finding Potential Zones of Water using Environmental Parameters and Engineering

N. Sundara Rajulu — 2012-08-02

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 2 August 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1448.1456

Problem statement: Water is a major natural resource for all the living beings in the world. People’s lives and livelihood depends on water. Most of the human beings in this world use ground water f...

Moringa Oleifera Lam Mitigates Oxidative Damage and Brain Infarct Volume in Focal Cerebral Ischemia

Woranan Kirisattayakul — 2012-08-03

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 3 August 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1457.1463

Problem statement: At present, the therapeutic outcome of cerebral ischemia is still not in the satisfaction level. Therefore, the preventive strategy is considered. Based on the protective effect aga...

Design and Development of an Intelligent Control by Using Bee Colony Optimization Technique

S. Tiacharoen — 2012-08-04

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 4 August 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1464.1471

Problem statement: In the modern industrial manufacturing system, the efficiency of machine control is essential to reduce waste and increase the output. Most of the manufacturing machines employ an i...

Effect of Hydrogen Addition on Diesel Engine Operation and NO_x Emission: A Thermodynamic Study

Prateep Chaisermtawan — 2012-08-04

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 4 August 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1472.1478

Problem statement: The worldwide increasing energy demand and the environmental problem due to greenhouse gas emission, especially produced from fossil fuel combustion, have promoted research work to ...

The Effect Of E-Commerce on the Development of the Accounting Information Systems in the Islamic Banks

Khalil Mahmoud AL-Refaee — 2012-08-04

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 4 August 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1479.1490

This research aims to study whether there is an effect of the use of e-commerce on accounting information systems. A questionnaire was designed and distributed to accountants, heads of accounting depa...

Voltage Stability of Long Transmission Line Equipped with a Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor

Prechanon Kumkratug — 2012-08-06

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 August 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1491.1495

Problem statement: Power-Voltage curve provides very important information for voltage stability analysis. The exact long transmission line model consists of the resistance and the reactance. The resi...

Effects of Temperature and Flow Rates of Ozone Generator on the DBD by Varying Various Electrical Parameters

Balakrishnan Anantharaman Poonamallie — 2012-08-06

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 August 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1496.1502

This study rationale a high voltage power supply which varies of (O-5) kV with the variable frequency of 50 Hz-5 kHz. The power supply is used in the dielectric barrier discharge tube for the ionizati...

Mulberry Fruits Protects Against Age-Related Cognitive Decline

Jintanaporn Wattanathorn — 2012-08-08

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 8 August 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1503.1511

Problem statement: The phenolic compounds and anthocyanin contents, the antioxidant and Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor (AChI) activities of mulberry fruits were determined. Approach: Analysis of pheno...

Performance of the Trim and Fill Method in Adjusting for the Publication Bias in Meta-Analysis of Continuous Data

Nik Ruzni Nik Idris — 2012-08-08

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 8 August 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1512.1517

Publication bias in meta-analysis is a serious issue as it may lead to biased estimates which appear to be precise. A popular method for detecting and adjusting the publication bias is the trim and fi...

The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention

Ahmad Faisal Mahdi — 2012-08-08

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 8 August 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1518.1526

Problem statement: The objective of this study were to determine the effect of job satisfaction on turnover intentions among the employees in XYZ Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia. Approach: A total of 32 set of com...

Effect of Doping Position on the Active Silicon-on-Insulator Micro-Ring Resonator Based on Free Carrier Injection

B. Mardiana — 2012-08-09

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 9 August 2012; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2012.1527.1533

Problem statement: Metal interconnects have become significant limitation on the scaling of CMOS technologies in electronics integrated circuit. Silicon photonics has offers great potential to overcom...