Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractInternet Politics and Digital Divide Issues: The Rising of a New Electronic Aristocrats and Electronic MeticiansAthanasios I. BozinisThe use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) from the beginning of 1990 until today has brought important changes on function and structure of both public sector and governments. Within the framework of application and use of e-democracy, new technologies enhance the citizens’ democratic participation in public affairs, by using e-voting, e-ballot, while by using e-mail, citizens can develop and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2007 · 8,270 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFuzzy Based Energy Management of a Domestic Photovoltaic PanelMaher Chaabene, Mohsen Ben Ammar, Ahmed ElhajjajiThis study introduces a new switching mean giving a real time optimum connection mode of domestic apparatus on either the electrical grid or a photovoltaic panel (PVP) output. A fuzzy algorithm makes the decision which ensures the optimal energy management basing on the PVP generation and apparatus states with respect to energy save criteria. Validation was driven on a 1kW … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2007 · 7,006 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDeterministic Timed AFA: A New Class of Timed Alternating Finite AutomataAbdelaziz Fellah, Zachary Friggstad, Soufiane NoureddineTimed Alternating Finite Automata (TAFA), a natural generalization of Timed Finite Automata (TFA), are synchronous and powerful models for real-time computations. They become an effective and expressive model for developing embedded systems with real-time constraint computations which are required in many applications. We introduce Deterministic Timed Alternating Finite Automata (DTAFA), a new class of timed alternating finite automata, extended with … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Jan 2007 · 7,499 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Near Real-time Early Warning System on Erosion HazardsFaisal H. Ali, Tew K. HuiWith many incidences of landslides, mudslides and erosion occurrences lately, especially in the highlands in Malaysia, properties were damaged and lives were lost. Seeing the need of resolving and minimizing such untoward incidences, a study has been embarked on developing a near real-time early warning system on erosion hazards so as to provide an early warning to the public, whenever … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2006 · 6,706 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImproving the Ranking Capability of the Hyperlink Based Search Engines Using Heuristic ApproachHaider A. Ramadhan, Khalil Shihab, Jafar H. AliTo evaluate the informative content of a Web page, the Web structure has to be carefully analyzed. Hyperlink analysis, which is capable of measuring the potential information contained in a Web page with respect to the Web space, is gaining more attention. The links to and from Web pages are an important resource that has largely gone unused in existing … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2006 · 6,378 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLandlessness and its Impact on Economic Development: A Case Study on BangladeshMd H. Rahman, Somprawin ManprasertThis research has accomplished a critical appraisal on landlessness and economic development of Bangladesh through conducting a primary survey and traced out what are the best alternative recommendations to ameliorate land ownership pattern of the economy. Basically landlessness often materializes the manifestation of poverty, indebtedness and powerlessness of the majority of the rural households. The causes of landlessness and near … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2006 · 8,173 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOperation of an SLA-aware Grid FabricMatthias HovestadtResearch on Grid Computing started under purely technical questions of how to realize the virtualization of distributed resources. Now, the commercial user should be attracted to use the Grid. Future applications of the Next Generation Grid will demand for flexible negotiation mechanisms supporting various ways of Quality-of-Service (QoS) guarantees. In this context a Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a powerful … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2006 · 6,659 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMobile Agents in Wireless LAN and Cellular Data NetworksR. B. Patel, V. K. Katiyar, Vishal GargAdvancing technology in wireless communication offers users anytime, anywhere access to information and network resources without restricting them to the fixed network infrastructure. Mobile computing represents a shift in the distributed systems paradigm. The potential of decoupled and disconnected operation, location-dependent computation and communication and powerful portable computing devices gives rise to opportunities for new patterns of distributed computation that … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 5 · 31 May 2006 · 7,083 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUse of X-Ray Diffractometry (XRD) for Identification of Fritillaria According to Geographical OriginWang Shujun, Yu Jinglin, Gao WenyuanFritillaria is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine for anti-tussive and expectorant use in China and some other Asian countries. The Fritillaria Chinese medicine material derived from different geographical origins is always difficult to discriminate each other. The objective of the study is to develop a nondestructive and simple method to identify five Fritillaria Chinese materia medica such as Fritillaria thunbergii … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 1, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2005 · 7,108 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAnalyzing the Electricity Consumption Using Experimental Design TechniqueS. F. Ghaderi, M. A. Azadeh, Sh. BamdadExperimental design technique is a powerful tool that is used in uncertainty cases, when a great amount of data is available. In this paper, the effects of different factors on the determination of electricity consumption are analyzed. This analysis is based on experimental design technique. The implementation of the proposed technique is shown applying electricity consumption in Iran. …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 10 · 31 Oct 2005 · 6,584 accessesView PDFCite