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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractInciting Striving Speech (i.e., BS) and Imperfect Dialogical Exchanges is exactly what is needed in Higher Education TodayJames Carifio, Rocco PerlaHarry Frankfurt, the American moral philosopher, as well as his many advocates, has initiated a growing movement for eliminating BS from our culture and classrooms. BS is defined as people speaking beyond themselves on some topic that exceed their knowledge of the facts that are relevant to that topic. This article argues that BS and BS-ing (i.e., striving speech and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2008 · 7,634 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Preliminary Investigation into the Environmental Awareness of the Omani Public and their Willingness to Protect the EnvironmentSabah A. Abdul-WahabThis study was conducted with the objective of evaluating the present status of environmental awareness of Omani citizens and their willingness to contribute to environmental protection. The focus of the study was to investigate the Omani public’s level of knowledge about general basic and current local and international environmental issues and to find out their environmental attitudes and behaviors towards … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 29 Feb 2008 · 7,153 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractReadiness in Meeting Globalization Challenges: A Case of Accounting Firms in MalaysiaArfah Salleh, Raduan Che Rose, Naresh Kumar, Lu Chee PengThe empirical study explored the relationships between firm’s characteristics and perceived readiness level of Malaysian Institute of Accountants firm members in meeting globalization challenges. In general all respondents indicated low readiness level in penetrating the global market. Seeing that the services sector is growing tremendously during the recent decades, there is a great opportunity for businesses to increase the export … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2007 · 7,831 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractData Quality and IndicatorsJorge Matute, A.P. GuptaThis study highlights the importance of collecting good quality data from multidisciplinary studies. Bias in data may be the result of instrument inaccuracies, imprecise data recording techniques, inaccurate data entry to computers or inappropriate statistical analysis and presentation. Recommendations for good data quality control are given. Different types of data are discussed: raw data, simple indicators and complex indicators. It … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2007 · 7,861 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA framework to Deal with Missing Data in Data SetsLuai A. Shalabi, Mohannad Najjar, Ahmad A. KayedMost information systems usually have some missing values due to unavailable data. Missing values minimizing the quality of classification rules generated by a data mining system. Missing vales also affecting the quantity of classification rules achieved by the data mining system. Missing values could influence the coverage percentage and number of reducts generated. Missing values lead to the difficulty of … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2006 · 7,140 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractData Mining: A Preprocessing EngineLuai A. Shalabi, Zyad Shaaban, Basel KasasbehThis study is emphasized on different types of normalization. Each of which was tested against the ID3 methodology using the HSV data set. Number of leaf nodes, accuracy and tree growing time are three factors that were taken into account. Comparisons between different learning methods were accomplished as they were applied to each normalization method. A new matrix was designed … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2006 · 34,446 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHormonal and Metabolic Disorders of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Substance AbuseJag H. Khalsa, Frank Vocci, Adrian DobsThere are an estimated 200 million users of an illicit drug in the world today. In addition, an estimated 40 million people are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and an estimated 180 million people are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Both the use of an illicit drug and the co-occurrence of infections are associated with a … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2006 · 6,720 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRole of the Electronic Banking Services on the Profits of Jordanian BanksAhmad Zakaria SiamThis study aims at examining the effects of electronic banking on bank’s profitability in Jordan. How banking sector finds itself before a new fact imposed by technology revolution and digits to change their work mechanisms from traditional means to electronic means and the challenges banks face as a result. Furthermore, this study investigates the reasons behinds providing electronic banking services … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2006 · 8,772 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRadiation Measurement from Mobile Base Stations at a University Campus in MalaysiaMd. Rafiqul Islam, Othman O. Khalifa, Liakot Ali et al.The tremendous growth of telecommunication industry results the number of hand phone users increases everyday. In order to support the growing number of users, the mobile base stations can be seen in almost everywhere. This scenario has created uncomfortable feelings to the people that they may be affected by the radiations from antennas. A measurement was done at student hostels … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 30 Aug 2006 · 7,292 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRETRACTED: Review of Prodigiosin, Pigmentation in Serratia marcescensAnita Khanafari, Mahnaz M. Assadi, Fatemeh A. FakhrThe Online Journal of Biological Sciences has decided to retract the manuscript titled "Review of Prodigiosin, Pigmentation in Serratia marcescens" authored by Anita Khanafari, Mahnaz M. Assadi, and Fatemeh A. Fakhr, published in Volume 6, Issue 1 with the page numbering 1-13. After receiving a complaint, the editorial office found that the manuscript contains plagiarized material from the manuscript entitled … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 30 Jun 2006 · 17,487 accessesView PDFCite