Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractGenome Sequence Analysis: A SurveyHassan Mathkour, Muneer AhmadProblem statement: Sequence analysis problems are NP hard and need optimal solutions. Interesting problems include duplicate sequence detection, sequence matching by relevance, sequence analysis using approximate comparison in general or using tools i.e., Matlab and multi-lingual sequence analysis. The usefulness of these operations is highlighted and future expectations are described. Approach: This study described the concepts, tools, methodologies, algorithms being … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2009 · 6,830 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSystem Evolving using Ant Colony Optimization AlgorithmNada M.A. AL-SalamiProblem statement: The goal of automatic programming system is to create, in an automated way, a computer program that enables a computer to solve a problem. It is difficult to build an automatic programming system: They require carefully designed specification languages and an intimate knowledge base. Determine the relevance of mathematical system theory to the problems of automatic programming and … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 5 · 30 May 2009 · 7,516 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractExplorations on Web UsabilityK K. Teoh, T. S. Ong, P. W. Lim et al.The area of web usability has long intrigued researchers. It has been widely accepted that for a website to be successful, the level of usability has to be high. The reason is because of poorly designed website. While many web designers largely fall on their prior experience to tell if a web site design is good or bad, there is … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2009 · 7,569 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractReducing the Environmental Impact of Olive Mill WastewaterAwni Khatib, Fathi Aqra, Nader Yaghi et al.Problem Statement: A research was needed to monitor the environmental impact of olive mill wastewater (OMW): production and relative production of olive mill waste. This was achieved by collecting data from 92 local olive mills in order to study the olive production yield, water consumption in olive washing and in oil recovery, wastewater generation relative to olive processed and oil … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 28 Feb 2009 · 8,043 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPredictors of Technology Deployment Among Malaysian TeachersNaresh Kumar, Raduan Che Rose, Jeffrey Lawrence D’SilvaTechnologies advocate researchers had identified a number of factors that affect individual teachers' usage of computers. Nevertheless mix results were reported in literature. Hence, this study used personal characteristics and the technology acceptance constructs to understand the Actual Usage of Computer (AUC) among Malaysian teachers. The final model derived from this study was able to explain and predict approximately 54.5% … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2008 · 7,031 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Survey of Content-Based Video RetrievalP. Geetha, Vasumathi NarayananThis study surveys current trends/methods in video retrieval. The major themes covered by the study include shot segmentation, key frame extraction, feature extraction, clustering, indexing and video retrieval-by similarity, probabilistic, transformational, refinement and relevance feedback. This work has done in an aim to assist the upcoming researchers in the field of video retrieval, to know about the techniques and methods … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 4, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2008 · 8,579 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Relationship Between National Culture and E-Adoption: A Case Study of IranAkram Hadizadeh Moghadam, Parisa AssarNational Culture, in the sense of the shared traditions and representations of a society, has a profound effect on the design, adoption and the use of Information Technologies in each society. E-Adoption refers to the adoption of Information Technology and internet. Using Hofstede theory as the primary theoretical framework, through a review of existing studies, the current study attempted to … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2008 · 7,919 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractVoluntary Counseling and Testing with AIDS Outpatient: Hubei, ChinaSheng Wanxiang, Liu Xiaoming, Yang Rongrong et al.The HIV/AIDS epidemic has affected the world over the past two decades reveals the significant role of socio-cultural beliefs and attitudes in the shaping of people’s lifestyles and approaches to the control and prevention of epidemics. A descriptive analysis of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) in the 2005-2006 which is the key Hubei provincial science and technology project that studies … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2007 · 7,065 accessesView PDFCite