Volume 13, Issue 2 (2016) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Reduction of PAPR by Using Clipping and Filtering for Different Modulation Schemes

Arun Kumar — 2016-02-13

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.131.134

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is one of the most advanced technologies for high speed data access in mobile communication. It’s significantly increases the capacity, data-rate et...

Improved Dynamic Threshold Method for Skin Colour Detection Using Multi-Colour Space

Mohd Zamri Osman — 2015-12-19

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 19 December 2015; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.135.144

This paper presents a skin colour detection based on an improved dynamic threshold method to reduce false skin detection. Current fixed threshold skin detection fails in certain situations such as mis...

Method of Efficiency Improvement in District Heating Systems

Andrey Gennadiievich Batuhtin — 2016-02-01

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 1 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.145.151

The article determines application potential of solar energy in conditions of sharply continental climate. It presents an energy-efficient solar energy recovery scheme in district heating systems, all...

Marketing Management of Sustainable Development of Territories in Russia

Irina Skorobogatykh — 2016-02-02

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 2 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.152.162

Over recent years a characteristic feature of many countries has been the soaring importance of certain territories both at the national and international levels. A region is considered of primary lev...

The Unbelief Thinking among Muslim Youth in Malaysia

Norsaleha Mohd. Salleh — 2016-02-02

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 2 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.163.170

The unbelief thinking is a term that refers to the absence of adherence to religion in the context of free lifestyle practice which is centred on human rights and it also includes an understanding tha...

Low-Sampling Trajectory Reconstruction using Criteria-Based Routing over a Graph

Edison Ospina — 2016-02-03

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 3 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.171.183

Location-based services mainly provide geo-location data. However, a moving object’s detailed trajectory route is lost when there is low-sampling of these location data. Previous works have been dev...

Technical Support of Preclinical Hydrodynamic and Functional Tests of New Medical Mechatronic Peristaltic Blood Pumps Developed by Central Research Institute of Robotics and Cybernetics

Aleksandr Vitaljevich Lopota — 2016-02-11

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 11 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.184.188

The article considers the results of scientific research works on creation of hydrodynamic and functional experimental benches for pre-clinical physiological tests of new mechatronic peristaltic blood...

The Quaternary Mammals from Kozhamzhar Locality (Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan)

Andrei Valerievich Shpansky — 2016-02-15

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 15 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.189.199

A new locality of fossil mammals near Kozhamzhar in Pavlodar Priirtysh Region has been described. The article provides the description of the quaternary sediments section found in the outcrop near Koz...

Motor Oil Viscosity Stratification in Friction Units of Marine Diesel Motors

Sergey Viktorovich Sagin — 2016-02-15

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 15 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.200.208

The phenomenon of the motor oil viscosity stratification in lubricating the cylinder-piston units of marine diesel engines has been investigated. The correlations for determining the shear stress and ...

New Hybrid Block Method with Three Off-Step Points for Solving First Order Ordinary Differential Equations

Ra’ft Abdelrahim — 2016-02-18

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 18 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.209.212

A new single-step hybrid block method with three off-step points for the solution of first order ordinary differential equations is proposed. The strategy employed to develop this method is interpolat...

Study of Properties of a Dispersant Used for Extracting Oil with High Gas-Oil Ratio

Vladimir Verbitsky — 2016-02-24

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 24 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.213.221

The article presents the bench test results for a dispersant manufactured by Izhnefteplast Company, which specializes in batch production of unique submersible pumping equipment for oil extraction. Th...

Systematic Interpretation of the Factors of Federal Sustainability and Socio-Political Security of a Constituent State of a Federation

Yuliia Anatol’evna Matafonova — 2016-02-26

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 26 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.222.229

The article deals with a constituent state of a federation, both a spatial unit of medium size, being an element of the federal system and as a local system having its own institutional, regulatory, c...