Volume 3, Issue 7 (2006) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Exact Solution of a Test Particle in Presence of Thick Domain Walls

A. Al-Badawi — 2006-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.1903.1904

We have obtained the exact solution of the equations of motion of a test particle near a thick domain walls for the case of Ricci tensor Rab = 0. From the solution it has been shown that the domain wa...

A Competence-based View to Conflict Management

Waitchalla R.R.V. Suppiah — 2006-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.1905.1909

This study presents a review of conflict management from the competence-based perspective. It highlights the conflict management typologies as well as previous studies conducted using the competence m...

A Rubber Band Ethics Model for Computing and Information Technology Practices

Mahmoud Iskandarani — 2006-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.1910.1915

An innovative model for analyzing and describing the role of ethics and the manner in which it is applied in the general field of information technology is presented. Current practices and existing be...

Investigation on the Behavior of Rigid Polyvinylchloride Pipes Subjected to Uniaxial Compression Loads

Abdullah Ali Nasser Alhamati — 2006-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.1916.1923

The objective of this research was to investigate the capability of rigid Polyvinylchloride (PVC-U) pipes to sustain axial loads. The behavior of PVC-U pipes specimens subjected to short-term uniaxial...

Development of a Prototype Automated Sorting System for Plastic Recycling

D. A. Wahab — 2006-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.1924.1928

Automated sorting for plastic recyclables has been seen as the way forward in the plastic recycling industry. Automated sorting provides significant improvements in terms of efficiency and consistency...

Separation of Coenzyme Q₁₀ in Palm Oil by Supercritical Fluid Chromatography

Ng Mei Han — 2006-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.1929.1932

Palm oil is known to host a variety of phytonutrients; some having antioxidant property such as the carotenes and vitamin E. These antioxidants are also present in the oil recovered from the palm-pres...

Single-Electron Transistor (SET) Process and Device Simulation Using SYSNOPSYS TCAD Tools

Uda Hashim — 2006-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.1933.1938

Simulation of semiconductor device fabrication and operation is important to the design and manufacture of integrated circuits because it provides insights into complex phenomena that cannot obtained ...

Phase Transition in Φ⁶ Potential

Hatem Widyan — 2006-07-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 July 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.1939.1947

Scalar field theory with an asymmetric potential was studied at zero temperature and high-temperature for Φ6 potential. The equations of motion are solved numerically to obtain O(4) spherical symmetr...