Volume 12, Issue 10 (2015) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Drinking Wine at Home: Hedonic Analysis of Sicilian Wines Using Quantile Regression

Giuseppe Di Vita — 2015-10-14

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 14 October 2015; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2015.679.688

In recent decades, the Sicilian wine industry has experienced a booming expansion because of the growing preferences of Italian consumers for Sicilian wines, especially in extra-regional markets. Thes...

Advances in Document Clustering with Evolutionary-Based Algorithms

Sarmad Makki — 2015-10-20

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 October 2015; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2015.689.708

Document clustering is the process of organizing a particular electronic corpus of documents into subgroups of similar text features. Formerly, a number of conventional algorithms had been applied to ...

Effect of Input Production against Quality of Cocoa Beans

Effendy — 2015-10-20

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 October 2015; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2015.709.713

This research aims to: (1) analyze the effect of input production against total beans per 100 g of dry cocoa beans and (2) analyze the correlation of total beans and fat content of cocoa beans. The Co...

Construction of Decision-Making Model to Select Incentive Tour Travel Agencies

Han-Chen Huang — 2015-10-22

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 22 October 2015; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2015.714.722

Incentive Tour is a business trip that aims to enhance corporate cohesion, reinforce corporate culture and develop or strengthen the market. The subjects include employees, suppliers, distributors, et...

American Students in Russia: Research and Data Analysis of Exchange Programs

Alexander Aref’ev — 2015-10-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 October 2015; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2015.723.733

The article focuses on the main trends in American students training in Russia from the 1960s to the present day. The paper considers the issues like changes in geography and curricula of American stu...

The Evaluation of the Groundwater Influence on the Stress and Strain Behavior around a Tunnel by Analytical Methods

Pierpaolo Oreste — 2015-10-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 October 2015; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2015.734.741

The presence of an aquifer in the soil causes a change in a relevant way of the stability conditions of a tunnel. The flow of water in the pores, in fact, modifies the stress and strain state of the s...

Development of Porous Ti-6Al-4V Mix with Palm Stearin Binder by Metal Injection Molding Technique

Mohamad Ikhwan Jamaludin — 2015-10-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 October 2015; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2015.742.751

Good potential of biocompatibility and excellent mechanical properties, porous Ti-6Al-4V has become a great interest for biomedical applications. In this study, porous Ti-6Al-4V was fabricated by Meta...

The Fertility Status of Soils at Rehabilitated Degraded Land in Universiti Putra Malaysia Planted with Pinus caribaea and Swietenia macrophylla

Mohammad Nazrin Abdul Malik — 2015-11-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 November 2015; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2015.752.758

Soil fertility (both physical and chemical) is one of the important factors limiting plant growth. So, the fertility of the soils should be determined before growing crops and after the establishment ...

Influence of Cadmium and Glucose on Soil Microbial Communities

Aliya Gilmullina — 2015-11-06

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 November 2015; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2015.759.765

A laboratory-based simulation of exposure of the soil community in a gray forest soil to cadmium and glucose has been conducted. It was established that while growing in a fertile medium microbial com...

Modelling and Analysis of Voltage Mode Controlled Luo Converter

Divya Navamani Jayachandran — 2015-11-07

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 7 November 2015; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2015.766.774

This paper presents the analysis of open loop power stage dynamics relevant to voltage mode control for elementary Luo DC-DC converter for certain specific applications like Hybrid Electric Vehicles, ...