Volume 14, Issue 5 (2017) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Direct Analysis of Six Pharmaceuticals using Online Solid Phase Extraction Liquid Chromatography

Siti Norbayu Mohd Subari — 2017-03-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 March 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.517.525

In this study, three parameters (sample volume, cleanup and elution step) in large volume injection online Solid Phase Extraction Liquid Chromatography with diode array detection (SPE-LC) were optimiz...

A Guideline of using Assistive Technologies and Educational Services for Students with Disabilities in Higher Education

Theeratorn Lersilp — 2017-04-28

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 28 April 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.526.532

Assistive Technologies (AT) and Educational Services (ES) are important in the needs of students with disabilities in higher education and their availability should be studied to provide appropriate h...

Random Forest Classification and Support Vector Machine for Detecting Epilepsyusing Electroencephalograph Records

Heri Kuswanto — 2017-05-04

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 4 May 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.533.539

Complexity in data structure has led to the rapid development of computational statistics methods. Machine learning approaches have been introduced and applied to solve complex problems in many fields...

Radiological Risks Assessment of Ogun State Drinking Water

Justina Ada Achuka — 2017-05-18

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 18 May 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.540.550

The presence of radionuclides in water constitute health risk to man. The consumption of such water increases the likelihood of incurring cancer. Analysis will enhance the detection of significant rad...

BlindLogin: A Graphical Authentication System with Support for Blind and Visually Impaired users on Smartphones

Yean Li Ho — 2017-05-23

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 23 May 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.551.559

Most graphical password systems on smart phones do not consider the needs of blind and visually impaired users. The main objective of this paper is to propose a new graphical authentication system whi...

Corporate Governance on the Corporate Characteristics-Managerial Accounting link

Quang Linh Huynh — 2017-05-24

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 24 May 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.560.568

The objective of this article attempts to investigate the intervening impact of corporate governance on the causal link between corporate characteristics and the application of managerial accounting, ...

Impact of Microfinance on the Efficiency of Maize Producers in Nigeria

Muhammad Auwal Ahmed — 2017-05-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 May 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.569.577

The study applies descriptive analysis, Slacks-Based Measure (SBM) of efficiency model and fractional regression model to data collected in 2016 using cross-sectional survey of maize producers in Nige...

Quadratic Discriminant Analysis of Dengue Viruses Disease Incidence in Palembang

Yulia Resti — 2017-05-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 May 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.578.582

Palembang is classified as a city that has tropical climate with abundant rainfall, even in the driest month. These characteristics indicate that the city has a high potential for the occurrence of de...

Rutting and Fatigue Cracking Susceptibility of Polystyrene Modified Asphalt

Nazim Mohamed — 2017-06-01

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 1 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.583.591

The absence of studies investigating the influence of waste Polystyrene (PS) on the performance characteristics of rutting resistance and fatigue cracking resistance of the indigenous asphaltic materi...

Least Absolute Deviation Regression and Least Squares for Modeling Retention Indices of Set Compounds Food and Pollutants of the Environment

Fatiha Mebarki — 2017-06-05

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 5 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2017.592.606

Considering the importance of the statistical analysis of regression in modeling based separately on study for Quantitative structure retention indices on Carbowax 20 M (ICw20M) and OV-101 columns (IO...