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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Adult Educator of Immigrants as an Intercultural ConsultantAthina A. Sipitanou, Alexandra S. FoukidouProblem statement: Inspired by this multi-cultural situation in Greece and the need of immigrants for participation in adult education, this article examines an aspect of the Adult Educator who has to develop intercultural techniques in the frame of his role in order to become an Intercultural consultant. Therefore the aim of this study is to examine specific characteristics that define … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 5 Mar 2012 · 8,697 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractModelling Political Support among Women with Political Actors in Northern StatesZaherawati Zakaria, Kamarudin Ngah, Jamaludin Mustaffa et al.Problem statement: Women in Asia are making their mark with distinct styles of leadership, but have a long way to go to reach the critical mass needed to level a political playing field that remains much easier for men to take part. Yet far from being included in the decision-making process, women find themselves under-represented in political institutions. Approach: Numerous … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 10 Feb 2012 · 7,631 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThai Expressive Speech Processing Technology: A ReviewSuphattharachai ChomphanProblem statement: The studies on Thai expressive speech or emotional speech have been conducted for years. Most of them are expected to analysis the characteristics of Thai expressive speech. However, the conclusive reviews on these studies have not been conducted for further study on the speech technology or application of Thai expressive speech. Approach: The review of research on Thai … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 12 Jan 2012 · 6,733 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSpeech Compression for Noise-Corrupted Thai DialectsSuphattharachai ChomphanProblem statement: Dialects of Thai are quite different in the speaking styles. Environmental noises play an important role in corrupting the communication speech quality. Two factors affect the coded speech in the present speech communication. It is necessary to investigate how the two factors influence on the speech compression. Approach: In this study, the Multi-Pulse based Code Excited Linear Predictive … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 9 Jan 2012 · 7,238 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSpeech Compression for Noise-Corrupted Thai Expressive SpeechSuphattharachai ChomphanProblem statement: In speech communication, speech coding aims at preserving the speech quality with lower coding bitrate. When considering the communication environment, various types of noises deteriorates the speech quality. The expressive speech with different speaking styles may cause different speech quality with the same coding method. Approach: This research proposed a study of speech compression for noise-corrupted Thai expressive … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 10 · 6 Aug 2011 · 6,230 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThai Speech Coding Based On Conjugate-Structure Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction AlgorithmSuphattharachai ChomphanProblem statement: In mobile communication, speech coding aims at compressing the speech with lowest bitrate and highest quality for standard languages such as English, German and French. As for other languages with different uttering styles, the encoded speech quality is not guaranteed at the same bitrate. The appropriate evaluation should be performed to develop the speech quality by applying some … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 14 Jan 2011 · 7,352 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Study of Mashup as a Software Application Development Technique with Examples from an End-User Programming PerspectiveLiu Na, Ahmed Patel, Rodziah Latih et al.The purpose of this study is to present, introduce and explain the principles, concepts and techniques of mashups through an analysis of mashup tools from End-user Development (EuD) software engineering perspectives, since it is a new programming paradigm. Problem statement: Although mashup tools supporting the creation of mashups rely heavily on data integration, they still require users to have reasonable … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 6, Issue 12 · 2 Nov 2010 · 8,425 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTrends in Preferences in the Market for Alternative Investments: A Summary of Recent Deutsche Bank Alternative Investment SurveysErik BenrudProblem statement: This study introduced to the literature information on and from the Deutsche Bank Alternative Investment Survey: 2002-2009. Approach: All the survey data for our analysis is from the DBAIS survey. We obtained the interest rate data, from the St. Louis Federal Reserve. Results: Our results present important summaries of the trends and relationships among participants in the alternative … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 7,591 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe So-Called Moderate Justices on the Rehnquist Court: The Role of Stare Decisis in Salient and Closely-Divided CasesPaul Douglas FooteProblem statement: A major question that has puzzled political scientists is what factors influence the decisions of US Supreme Court justices. Despite 20th Century statutory reforms that have led to a fundamental weakening of institutional cohesion on the Supreme Court, the norm of stare decisis continues to serve as a constraint to moderate decision-makers under certain external conditions. Evaluate voting … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 8,147 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Multicultural Comparison of Engineering Students: Implications to Teaching and LearningZaki Shkair Seddigi, Luiz Fernando Capretz, David HouseProblem statement: Personality considerations have become increasingly important in recent years, but studies involving the personality characteristics of engineers have been scarcely reported. Engineers today are expected to have a broader range of skills than in the recent past because users are now equally concerned with the technical as well as the personal services provided by engineers. Approach: A multicultural … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 8,315 accessesView PDFCite