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Literature ReviewOpen accessIn the abstractEnvironmental Degradation in the Niger Delta Area Due to Petroleum Exploration: Are we Combating the Problems?Agnes Edet Asuquo Offiong, Onnogen Usang Nkanu, Etim Nkanu Efut, Uba James UbaNative settlements where oil and gas are produced in Africa are frequently challenged by environmental pollution. This challenge usually causes conflicts within the exploitation arena. Little effort is deceptively portrayed by the government and private organizations to ameliorate the impact of pollution on environmental media and human health risks due to exposure. A critical attribute of these worries has been … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 6 · 27 Dec 2018 · 8,336 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Survey on Event Detection Models for Text Data StreamsWafa Zubair AL-Dyani, Farzana Kabir Ahmad, Siti Sakira KamaruddinEvent Detection (ED) is a study area that attracts the attention of decision-makers from various disciplines in order to help them in taking the right decision. ED has been examined on various text streams like Twitter, Facebook, Emails, Blogs, Web Forums and newswires. Many ED models have been proposed in literature. In general, ED model consists of six main phases: … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 16, Issue 7 · 14 Jul 2020 · 7,044 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractArabic Static and Dynamic Gestures Recognition Using Leap MotionBasma Hisham, Alaa HamoudaAcross the world, several millions of people use sign language as their main way of communication with their society, daily they face a lot of obstacles with their families, teachers, neighbours, employers. According to the most recent statistics of World Health Organization, there are 360 million persons in the world with disabling hearing loss i.e. (5.3% of the world’s population), … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 13, Issue 8 · 12 Aug 2017 · 8,185 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImpact of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Activities on Agriculture as Perceived by FarmersS. Thangamalar, S. Kalaivani, S. Palaniswamy, K.R. AshokOut of 66.00% of rural population in India, majority are landless labours depending on the mercy of employment providers for their livelihood. This population is the most vulnerable section to poverty, underemployment, access to development, etc. Therefore the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has been implemented by the Government of India to improve the living standards of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 2 · 17 Jun 2016 · 8,171 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMeasuring Intra-City Eco-Efficiency Variations of Urban Infrastructures in JeddahMohammed Aljoufie, Alok TiwariSaudi cities are experiencing construction booms linked to urban infrastructure services and the Kingdom’s second largest city, Jeddah, is not an exception. As these booms are associated with urban expansion and rapid population growth, the major challenge confronting urban planners is the ensuring of resource efficiency given the offered infrastructure. In fact, reducing the consumption of resources and the impact … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 3 · 14 May 2016 · 7,447 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractGamification in E-Learning: Introducing Gamified Design Elements into E-Learning SystemsDaniel Strmečki, Andrija Bernik, Danijel RadoševićGamification is the usage of game mechanics, dynamics, aesthetics and game thinking in non-game systems. Its main objective is to increase user’s motivation, experience and engagement. For the same reason, it has started to penetrate in e-learning systems. However, when using gamified design elements in e-learning, we must consider various types of learners. In the phases of analysis and design … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 11, Issue 12 · 11 Feb 2016 · 11,344 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMeasuring Multi-Ethnic Students Citizenship Competence: Domains and IndicatorsMohd Mahzan Awang, Alfitri, Abdul Razaq Ahmad, Norila La UluThe current study aims at developing and validating an instrument to measure citizenship competences among multi-ethnic students. It was developed based on the Iceberg Competency Model (McBer, 1996) and citizenship competence from the works of (Ten Dam and Volman, 2007; Ten Dam et al., 2010; 2011). The Citizenship Competences Framework was developed prior to indicators/items development. The Framework contained four … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 1 Feb 2016 · 7,579 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRetrospecting National Unity, Safety and Security in India: Foraging an United NationhoodSambeet Satapathy, Sandeep SatapathyUnlike many other developing nations India experiences a unique spatio-temporal cultural, economic, political diversity both natural and manmade. It is thus important to understand the source of national identity, the centripetal force that has held all the elements together. Historically exposure to various unifying forces in form of kingdoms and empires both native and foreign has contributed much to its … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 1 · 11 Nov 2015 · 7,829 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractInternational Journal of Research in Nursing: Contribution to Basic and Clinical Nursing ScienceVictor V. ChabanTaking into consideration the expansive growth of scientific knowledge, a successfultranslation of clinical or basic observations into new forms of therapy wouldhave a great impact on society. These days, acknowledging and responding to publicconcerns are just as important for the investigator as performing the researchstudies themselves. Clinicians and practitioners have become more aware of therole of research in their line … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 26 Aug 2015 · 6,920 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCoupled Hydrodynamic-Water Quality Model for Pollution Control Scenarios in El-Burullus Lake (Nile Delta, Egypt)A. El-Adawy, A. M. Negm, O. C. Saavedra V et al.El-Burullus Lake is affected by increasing and extensive human activities, rapid social-economic development and the construction of fish ponds nearby. This has significantly impacted the health of the lake eco-system. On the foundation of the two-dimensional depth averaged hydrodynamic model, distributions of the salinity, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and Ammonium (NH4) were modeled. … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 6 · 10 Nov 2014 · 7,212 accessesView PDFCite