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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEfficacy of an Oral Health-Promoting Program in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children: A 7-year Longitudinal StudyNathalia Ferraz Oliscovicz, Gloria Fernanda Barbosa de Araújo Castro, Luciana Pomarico, Ivete Pomarico Ribeiro de SouzaProblem statement: Children infected with HIV have a higher prevalence of caries in both dentitions. With that in mind, it is important the introduction of programmes for the control of caries disease in this population. Thus, this study was aimed to assess the efficacy of an oral health-promoting program in controlling caries in HIV-infected children after 7 years of follow-up. … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 30 Jul 2012 · 7,910 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAcoustic Properties of Innovative Material from Date Palm FibreLamyaa Abd AL-Rahman, Raja Ishak Raja, Roslan Abdul Rahman, Zawawi IbrahimProblem statement: An organic material is one of the major requirements to improve living environment and the invention of materials need to consider for the best solution. This study presents an experimental investigation on pure porous from Date Palm Fibre (DPF). The effectiveness of sound absorbers depends on structural architecture of this material. This study was conducted to examine the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 9 · 17 Jul 2012 · 8,099 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTowards Constructivist Teacher Professional DevelopmentV. J. Pitsoe, W. M. MailaProblem statement: In recent years, much has been written about constructivist learning theories and their applications to outcomes-based teaching and learning environments in South Africa. Approach: Little, if any, has been said about the implications of these ideas and practices for teacher professional development and teacher education. The introduction of the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) Policy requires teachers to acquire … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 26 Mar 2012 · 9,513 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDielectric Properties of Collagen on Plasma Modified Polyvinylidene FluorideR. M. Dahan, S. I. Ismail, Famiza Latif et al.Problem statement: The attachment of biopolymers such as collagen on inert polymeric template created great challenge due to hydrophobic nature of polymeric material. The modification of PVDF for improved adhesion and introduction of specific functionalities have been widely recognized in various industrial applications. Typical methods for modifying polymer surface such as chemical etching and UV irradiation are not favorable as … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 5 · 5 Mar 2012 · 7,988 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMining of Datasets with an Enhanced Apriori AlgorithmS. Nandagopal, V. P. Arunachalam, S. KarthikProblem statement: Classical association rules are mostly mining intra-transaction associations i.e., associations among items within the same transaction where the idea behind the transaction could be the items bought by the same customer on the same day. The goal of inter-transaction association rules is to represent the associations between various events found in different transactions. Approach: In this study, we … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 4 · 14 Feb 2012 · 6,961 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRisk Factors to Alcohol Law Violations in the Community: Quasi-Experimental StudyWuttiphong Phakdeekul, Pramote Thongkrajai, Peem Eiamprapai, Manop KanatoProblem statement: Alcohol-related health problems such as chronic and acute diseases, accidents/injuries and social problems are well recognized. Although many countries including Thailand enact laws to control alcohol problems, missing data in Thailand cannot reveal efficacy of law enforcement and compliance with the public. The aim of this study was to investigate the proportion of Thai people violating alcohol laws … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 12 · 22 Oct 2011 · 7,239 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDesign of Low- Power High-Speed Error Tolerant Shift and Add MultiplierK. N. Vijeyakumar, V. Sumathy, Sriram Komanduri, C. Chrisjin Gnana SujiProblem Statement: In this study, we had proposed a low power architecture for high speed multiplication. Approach: The modifications to the conventional shift and add multiplier includes introduction of modified error tolerant technique for addition and enabling of adder cell by current multiplication bit of the multiplier constant. The proposed architecture enables the removal of input multiplexer, switching of adder … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 12 · 18 Oct 2011 · 7,159 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRelationship of Specific Training Means and Effort Parameters in Performance Weightlifters' TrainingPotop Vladimir, M. V. UlareanuProblem statement: The researchers introduce the contents of specific training means and the reps number during the training micro-cycles along preparatory and competitive period of the performance weightlifters. Approach: This approach has lead to the organization of a study in Olympic team of weightlifting. The scientific argument is the introduction of the content of the means specific to the performance … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 18 Jul 2011 · 7,272 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImprovement of Image Matching by using the Proximity Criterion: Application to Omnidirectional and Perspective ImagesIbrahim Guelzim, Ahmed Hammouch, Driss AboutajdineProblem statement: In computer vision, matching is an important phase for several applications (object reconstruction, robot navigation ...). The similarity measures used provided results which could be improved. Approach: This research proposed to improve image matching by using the proximity criterion. The similarity measures used mutual information and correlation coefficient. The matching was done between neighborhoods of points of interest … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 8 · 15 Jul 2011 · 6,679 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPores Reconfiguration in Compacted Bernam Series SoilZuraidah Yahya, Aminuddin Husin, Jamal Talib et al.Problem statement: The introduction of mechanization in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations resulted in soil compaction with increased bulk density and reduced porosity due to reconfiguration of soil pores. This could be a serious problem in the future as soil pores are important for aeration and water movement. Approach: This study was carried out to determine the effect of mechanization … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 25 Mar 2011 · 8,688 accessesView PDFCite