Volume 10, Issue 3 (2013) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

An Efficient Algorithm for Mining Spatially Co-located Moving Objects

G. Manikandan — 2013-03-02

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 2 March 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.195.208

Mining co-location patterns from spatial databases may disclose the types of spatial features which are likely located as neighbors’ in space. Accordingly, we present an algorithm previously for min...

Implementation of Fuzzy Logic Maximum Power Point Tracking Controller for Photovoltaic System

Rasoul Rahmani — 2013-03-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 March 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.209.218

In this study, simulation and hardware implementation of Fuzzy Logic (FL) Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) used in photovoltaic system with a direct control method are presented. In this control sy...

Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Aluminium Alloy 2024 Reinforced with Silicon Carbide and Fly Ash Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites

M. Mahendra Boopathi — 2013-03-08

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 8 March 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.219.229

Materials are frequently chosen for structural applications because they have desirable combinations of mechanical characteristics. Development of hybrid metal matrix composites has become an importan...

Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Transmission Over a Multipath Faded Channels

I.A.Z. Qatawneh — 2013-03-11

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 11 March 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.230.238

The use of multiple antennas at the transmitter as well as at the receiver can greatly improve the capacity of a wireless link when operating in a rich scattering environment. In such an arrangement a...

Strength, Chloride Permeability and Corrosion of Coarse Fly Ash Concrete with Bagasse-Rice Husk-Wood Ash Additive

Veera Horsakulthai — 2013-03-14

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 14 March 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.239.246

This study studied the utilization of Bagasse-Rice Husk-Wood Ash (BRWA) as an additive for improving the strength and durability of coarse Fly Ash (FA) concrete. The ground BRWA was used as an additiv...

Relationship Between Total Quality Management Practices and Contractors Competitiveness

Faihan Alotaibi — 2013-03-17

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 17 March 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.247.252

Total quality management is basically about continuous organizational success through the employment of customer satisfaction and by basing it on the contribution of all the employees constantly worki...

A Model for Securing Sharing Information Across the Supply Chain

Malihe Manzouri — 2013-03-18

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 18 March 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.253.258

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is impacted by information technology both directly or indirectly. Sharing information across the supply chain not only supports internal operations but also collaboratio...

Particle Swarm Optimization-Based Routing Protocol for Clustered Heterogeneous Sensor Networks with Mobile Sink

R. Sudarmani — 2013-03-18

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 18 March 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.259.269

In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) sensor nodes with sensing, computing and communication infrastructure are randomly deployed and organized as clusters. Most of the existing sensor networks focus on h...

Exploring Factors Influencing Financial Planning After Retirement: Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Md. Abdul Jalil — 2013-03-20

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 March 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.270.279

The study explores the critical factors that influence financial planning after retirement among Malaysians, an area which has somewhat been largely overlooked by the extant literature. The study has ...

An Edge Detection Model Based on Virtual Magnetic Field: Application to Digital Color Images

B. Nsiri — 2013-03-25

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 25 March 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.280.293

In computer vision, the edge detection is an essential and difficult problem to study. For this reason, many detectors were developed for gray-level and color images. However, these edge detectors may...

Bispectral Analysis of Scalp Electroencephalograms: Quadratic Phasecoupling Phenomenon in Detecting Brain Tumor

V. Salai Selvam — 2013-03-27

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 27 March 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.294.306

Since the power spectral analysis of a non-Gaussian process generated by a nonlinear mechanism e.g., EEG, does not provide much information on the underlying nonlinear dynamics due to the lack of phas...