Volume 13, Issue 6 (2016) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Egg Consumption among Young People: A Study through the Application of the Logistic Regression Model

Carlo Giannetto — 2016-06-24

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 24 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.697.707

The purpose of the present survey is to study and to investigate the proper eating style, focusing the attention on the propensity to “egg” consumption, in the diet of young people, with reference...

A Note on the Renovation of Social Enterprise in Korea: Current Status and Future Prospects

Seok Yoon — 2016-05-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 May 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.708.714

Social enterprise activities in Korea began after 1998. Korea was facing the IMF Financial Crisis which yielded growing unemployment and slow economic growth. The government, therefore, carried out th...

Self-Perceived Entrepreneurship Skills for Undergraduates of Private University in Malaysia

Leow Meng Chew — 2016-06-03

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 3 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.715.725

This study was conducted on a random group of undergraduates in one of the private university in Malaysia to assess the self-perceived entrepreneurial skills of the undergraduates. As there was no sta...

Stakeholders Selection Model for Software Requirements Elicitation

Fares Anwar — 2016-06-07

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 7 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.726.738

Requirements elicitation is the most critical phase in software requirements engineering. The process is resource intensive, as it concerns with a lot of dedicated stakeholders gathering purposefully ...

Modeling Pan Evaporation for Kuwait using Multiple Linear Regression and Time-Series Techniques

Jaber Almedeij — 2016-06-08

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 8 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.739.747

This study attempts to model evaporation for Kuwait under arid conditions by using a wide range of monthly evaporation data, varying from 0.1 to 40 mm/day, from January 1993 to July 2015. Owing to the...

Organizational Culture from an Internal and External Stakeholders’ Perspective

Ronald Jungnitsch — 2016-06-22

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 22 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.748.753

A culture change within an organization may be of importance in this turbulent world. An assessment of the current and desired cultural profiles can help estimate as to whether any changes are require...

Impact Behavior of High Strength Concrete Slabs with Pozzolana as Coarse Aggregate

Mahmoud B.A. Alhasanat — 2016-06-14

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 14 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.754.761

This research goal is the adding of pozzolana as rough aggregate in concrete. Pozzolans of Jabl Onyzh have been described as the major supply from Jordan. It is often used in the place of a conservati...

Sense Distortions in the Mass Media: Their Social Consequences

Galina Sergeevna Melnik — 2016-06-15

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 15 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.762.772

The paper presents the results of the monitoring of St. Petersburg newspapers held in January-May 2015. The monitoring included qualitative and quantitative study of the content and evaluation of all ...

Statistical Modelling of Botswana’s Monthly Maximum Wind Speed using a Four-Parameter Kappa Distribution

Oliver Moses — 2016-06-22

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 22 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.773.778

Wind speed modelling has been key to many environmental and engineering applications, particularly in environmentally friendly wind power generation to meet energy demands. Efficient assessment of win...

Feedback Control of Quad-Rotors with a Matlab-Based Simulator

Stephen Armah — 2016-06-23

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 23 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.779.793

Precise regulation of position and attitude (roll, pitch and yaw) is one of the most critical tasks to be considered in designing controllers for quadrotor types of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Th...

Cash Flow Management at the Insurance Company Aimed at Provision of Financial Stability

Elena Knyazeva — 2016-06-24

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 24 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.794.803

The insurance market of the Russian Federation is currently demonstrating the trend of slower growth rate of insurance premiums and problems, rising in certain sectors. The loss ratio of insurance ope...

Director’s Methods in the Kazakhstan Auteur Documentary Filmmaking

Aibarsha Muratbekovna Bozheyeva — 2016-06-25

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 25 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.804.813

The article is focused on an important issue of art studying: Director’s methods in the auteur documentary film creation. The objectives of this work are systematization of methods, study of their i...

KMnO₄ Modified Carbon Prepared from Waste of Pineapple Leaf Fiber Production Processing for Removal of Ferric Ion from Aqueous Solution

Sumrit Mopoung — 2016-06-25

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 25 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.814.826

KMnO4 modified carbon materials from waste of pineapple leaf fiber production processing were prepared and characterized. The effects of % weight of KMnO4 (0-5 %wt) and carbonization temperature (500-...

The Development of Multiculturalism Values in Indonesian History Textbook

Didin Saripudin — 2016-06-25

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 25 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.827.835

History textbook is primary source of learning for students. It is expected to have a didactic-educative value for the formation of national identity and an ability to unify the collective experiences...

An Empirical Study on E-Learning versus Traditional Learning among Electronics Engineering Students

Wai Kit Wong — 2016-06-27

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 27 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2016.836.844

In academia, it appears that many lecturers are still contented in using traditional lecturing methods. Cultivating the use of e-learning requires proper understanding of its difference with tradition...