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

Empirical Analysis of Employees with Tertiary Education Occupational Imbalances

Andrei B. Ankudinov — 2013-10-10

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 10 October 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1134.1139

High percentage of graduates (among the highest in the world) with university degrees combined with unacceptably low level of utilization of acquired qualifications and generally low quality of educat...

Indoor Air Quality and Prevalence of Sick Building Syndrome Among Office Workers in Two Different Offices in Selangor

Mohd Ezman Zamani — 2013-10-10

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 10 October 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1140.1147

This study was done to investigate the relationship between Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and prevalence of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) in two different offices (old and new) in Selangor. Hundred and seve...

A Hybrid Speech Recognition System with Hidden Markov Model and Radial Basis Function Neural Network

Judith Justin — 2013-09-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1148.1153

We analyze the performance of continuous speech recognition of a speaker independent system using Hidden Markov Model and Artificial Neural Network. Modern speech recognition systems use different com...

Wavelet Statistical Texture Features with Orthogonal Operators Tumour Classification in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Brain

R. Meenakshi — 2013-09-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1154.1159

Tumors medically also called neoplasms are an abnormal mass of tissue resulting from uncontrolled proliferation or division of cells occurring in the human body. If such growth is located in the brain...

A Review on Data Mining in Banking Sector

Vikas Jayasree — 2013-09-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1160.1165

The banking industry has undergone various changes in the way they conduct the business and focus on modern technologies to compete the market. The banking industry has started realizing the importanc...

Vibration Analysis of Gasoline Engine Faults

Suphattharachai Chomphan — 2013-09-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1166.1171

Vibration analysis of engine faults is an approach to diagnose the engine condition. This study presents a study of vibration analysis of the normal engine and the engine with three different fault co...

Resemblance of Rain Fall in Bangladesh with Correlation Dimension and Neural Network Learning

Abu Nasir Mohammad Enamul Kabir — 2013-09-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1172.1180

Rain fall and Temperature are undoubtedly two important factors that balance water in the environment. Adequate study of the rain behavior helps to forecast it. The time series obtained from different...

A Novel Channel Estimation Technique for Complexity Reduction of Least Minimum Mean Square Error

Hany Mohamed El-Ansary — 2013-09-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1181.1190

Channel estimation technique is to predict the frequency response of the radio channel using pilot signal. Channel estimation technique is important part of LTE receiver design. Such technique is used...

The Effect of National Culture on Total Quality Management and Organizational Performance

Rabiul Islam — 2013-09-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1191.1200

Soft-hard total quality management comprises of the utility of human resource management-style personnel policies to product commitment to quality and a management ideology that supports cultural chan...

Effect of Metalloid Compound and Bio-Solution Additives on Biodiesel Engine Performance and Exhaust Emissions

Karoon Fangsuwannarak — 2013-09-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1201.1213

The purpose of this study is to perform comparative analysis of the effect of the different fuel additives as polymer based-bio-solution, natural organic based-bio-solution and nano-titanium metalloid...

Relationship Between Hard Total Quality Management Practices and Organizational Performance in Municipalities

Abdullah ALNasser — 2013-09-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1214.1223

Hard total quality management has now become the major business strategy in current management and has currently been taken up by companies around the globe. The aim of the study is to determine the r...

Impacts of Job Resources on Nurses’ Performance Working in Public Sector Hospitals

Rabiul Islam — 2013-09-06

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1224.1233

Job resources refers to the physical, psychological, social or organizational aspects of the job which are necessary in the achievement of goals and objectives, necessary for the reduction of the nega...

Artificial Neural Network in Face Detection Human on Digital Image

Abdusamad Al-Marghilani — 2013-09-06

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1234.1239

Method itself is proposed to be formed by series of filters. Each filter is an independent method of detection and allows you to cut off quickly the regions that do not contain the face’s areas. For...

A Novel Architecture of Maximum Power Point Tracking for Ultra-Low-Power Based Hybrid Energy Harvester in Ubiquitous Devices: A Review

Michelle Lim Sern Mi — 2013-09-06

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1240.1251

This research work presents a novel architecture of an Ultra-Low-Power (ULP) based Hybrid Energy Harvester (HEH) consisting of multiple input sources such as kinetic, thermal and solar energy, harvest...

Cadmium Exposure Via Food Crops: A Case Study of Intensive Farming Area

Raagheni Munisamy — 2013-09-06

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1252.1262

Cadmium (Cd) is ubiquitous in environment and may enter food chain through intense application of phosphate fertilizers to agricultural crops. A cross-sectional study was conducted at Kuala Terla and ...

Evaluation of Aquifer Characteristics in Echi, Delta State, Nigeria Using Well Logging and Pumping Test Method

Ochuko Anomohanran — 2013-09-06

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1263.1269

This study was carried out to evaluate the aquifer characteristics of groundwater at Echi, Delta State, Nigeria. This was carried out by conducting electrical resistivity and spontaneous potential log...

Utilization of Gum Arabic for Industries and Human Health

Eqbal Dauqan — 2013-09-06

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1270.1279

Gum Arabic, a natural polysaccharide derived from exudates of Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal trees, is a commonly used food hydrocolloid. The highlight of this study was to review the utilization of ...

VLSI Implementation of Channel Estimation for MIMO-OFDM Transceiver

Joseph Gladwin Sekar — 2013-09-06

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1280.1286

In this study the VLSI architecture for MIMO-OFDM transceiver and the algorithm for the implementation of MMSE detection in MIMO-OFDM system is proposed. The implemented MIMO-OFDM system is capable of...

3D Numerical Study on Laminar Forced Convection in V-Baffled Square Channel

Amnart Boonloi — 2013-09-06

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1287.1297

The article presents a mathematical study of fully developed periodic laminar flow visualization and heat transfer characteristics in an isothermal wall square-channel fitted with V-shaped baffles on ...

Understanding a Simple Arabic Stories Using Event Calculus

Mohamed Abd El-Salam — 2013-09-06

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1298.1306

This study investigates the use of event calculus for understanding stories written in Arabic natural language. System makes a representation for commonsense knowledge and story events and then perfor...

Experimental Study on Natural Fibers for Green Acoustic Absorption Materials

Lamyaa Abd ALRahman — 2013-09-06

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2013.1307.1314

Natural fibre materials are one of the major ways to improve environmental pollution and new materials need to be considered to find the best solutions. This study presents an experimental investigati...