Volume 10, Issue 3 (2017) | American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Performance Evaluation of an Assisting Device for Training "Normal-Like" Sit To Stand Movement

Pierluigi Rea — 2017-07-26

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 26 July 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.639.648

This paper presents a performance evaluation and results on the modelling and simulation of an assisting device to be used as aiding or guiding system for people with reduced mobility. There is a high...

Deuteron Dimensions

Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu — 2017-07-20

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 July 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.649.654

The exact sizes of a Deuteron are extremely important today because deuterons are proposed for use as a raw material for the completion of the merger in the nuclear power station. The work proposes a ...

Denoising Methods for MRI Imagery

Samuel Kozaitis — 2017-08-30

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 August 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.655.660

There are several new denoising algorithms that may be useful for magnetic resonance imaging. We compared the performance of some of the latest denoising algorithms with those that have been developed...

Policy-Based Network Management in BIUST Network

Thato Solomon — 2017-06-21

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 21 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.661.668

Policy-Based Network Management (PBNM) is one of the approaches used by network administration groups for Quality of Service (QoS) and administration on the internet. This paper seeks to propose the a...

Implementation Wireless Adapter Interface Module with Gateway Device for Connection to 4-20 mA Transmitters

Waleed Ishaq Hameed — 2017-07-01

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 1 July 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.669.678

Wireless communication is emerging technology from the office world to the industrial world. It is important that this technique are applied by the users in industrial environments because the industr...

Effect of Distance of the Submerged Vanes from the Outer Bank on Sediment Movement within 180° Bend

Jaafar S. Maatooq — 2017-07-03

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 3 July 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.679.684

A small aspect ratio of submerged vanes when used near the outer bank at the angle of attack between 10° to 20° and at the initial height above the bed between 20-40% of flow depth is considered one...

Transportation Engineering

Relly Victoria V. Petrescu — 2017-07-20

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 July 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.685.702

The shipments were absolutely necessary at all times, but still have polluted and damaged the environment. The technique of transport or the engineering of transport is the application of the principl...

Some Proposed Solutions to Achieve Nuclear Fusion

Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu — 2017-07-20

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 July 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.703.708

Despite research carried out around the world since the 1950s, no industrial application of fusion to energy production has yet succeeded, apart from nuclear weapons with the H-bomb, since this applic...

Some Basic Reactions in Nuclear Fusion

Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu — 2017-07-20

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 20 July 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.709.716

Over time it has advanced the idea that the achievement of a hot nuclear reaction can require tens or hundreds of millions of degrees. Precise calculations clearly indicate a much higher temperature. ...

Hands-On Fire Extinguisher Training Apparatuses: Expert Evaluations of Two Propane Fire Simulators and Air-Pressurized Water Extinguishers

Awwad Dababneh — 2017-07-27

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 27 July 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.717.725

Twenty-two expert firefighting professionals were used in evaluating four methods for fire extinguisher hands-on training. Two different fire simulators were put into service along with two conditions...

Recognition of Faces using Efficient Multiscale Local Binary Pattern and Kernel Discriminant Analysis in Varying Environment

Sujata G. Bhele — 2017-08-31

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 August 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.726.732

Face recognition involves matching face images with different environmental conditions. Matching face images with different environmental conditions is not a easy task. Also matching face images consi...

Surface Level Estimator-An Automated Contouring Instrument

Varun Sai Chinthala — 2017-09-06

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 September 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.733.737

This paper introduces a dynamic electronic instrument to measure the inclination of a surface, named as Surface Level Estimator (SLE). This device is designed to reduce the human effort and time consu...

The Quality of Transport and Environmental Protection, Part I

Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu — 2017-09-08

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 8 September 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.738.755

The today main challenge to protect the environment through the development of new and more efficient transportation systems is presented. The absolutely necessary goods distribution and human transfe...

Cost-Effective Energy Refurbishment of Health Care Facilities in Heating Dominated Climates of Italian Backcountry. The Case Study of the Hospital Veneziale of Isernia

Rosa Francesca De Masi — 2017-09-25

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 25 September 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.756.768

Maximizing energy efficiency within hospitals and healthcare facilities is a major challenge for sustainable development and energy saving objectives. In this study, the case study of the public hospi...

Failure Mode and Pullout Capacity of Anchor Piles in Clay

Yanbing Zhao — 2017-09-27

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 27 September 2017; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2017.769.780

Anchor piles are wildly adopted in mooring systems. However, there are still challenges in predicting the failure mode and pullout capacity of the pile. Previous Finite Element (FE) analysis was all b...