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Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordA Qualitative Approach of Identifying Major Cost Influencing Factors in Palm Oil Mills and the Relations towards Production Cost of Crude Palm OilElaine Lau Ying Man, Adam BaharumProblem statement: The oil palm industry, which heavily depends on the world market, is an export oriented industry. World’s palm oil consumption was growing over the years. In addition, Indonesia and Malaysia dominated the oil palm industry. The oil palm industry in Malaysia is very competitive and become one of the major economic sectors contributing to the total revenue of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 5 · 17 May 2011 · 15,552 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordComputational Techniques for Stability Analysis of a Class of Dynamic Economic ModelsGeorge E. Halkos, Kyriaki D. TsilikaModern microeconomics and macroeconomics study dynamic phenomena. Dynamics could predict future states of an economy based on its structural characteristics. Dynamic models in discrete time discrete state economic systems may take the form of one single linear difference equation or a system of linear difference equations. In this study we use Xcas and Mathematica as software tools in order to … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 12 · 12 Dec 2012 · 7,379 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordNew Comer Orientation Training in Manufacturing Industry: A Comparison Analysis Between Indonesian Company and Japanese CompanyWen-Chih Liao, Sulistio Handayani, Szu-Min ChienProblem statement: Organization must constantly expands their knowledge, skills and behavior to meet customer need and compete in today’s demanding and rapidly changing business environment. As there are many foreign company in Indonesia, this research is attempt to understand how the Japanese ownership companies in Indonesia makes its new comer orientation training program differ with original Indonesian company. Approach: The … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 20 Feb 2012 · 7,132 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordLeaf Surface Bacterial Colonization in Response to Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) Infestation of Brassica chinensis L.Shaon Raychaudhuri, Inga Mewis, Christian UlrichsProblem statement: Epiphytic population is an intrinsic part of the leaf surface. The effect of stress like insect infestation is not well understood. The aim of the study was to determine possible effects of insect infestation on bacteria community. Approach: The leaf surface microbial profile of Brassica rapa ssp. chinensis (L.) was investigated using a culture-dependent approach under normal and … …Current Research in Microbiology, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 31 May 2011 · 7,859 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the record2-Nonenal-Ovulatory Specific Volatiles in Human Saliva throughout Menstrual Cycle by Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry AnalysisS. Alagendran, G. Archunan, K. Rameshkumar et al.Problem statement: The present investigation carry out a pilot study of a novel method to identify the salivary volatiles in different phases of menstrual cycle for the assessment of ovulation detection using gas chromatography and mass spectrophotometer. Approach: The profiles from follicular phase (6-12 days); ovulatory phase (13-14 days) and luteal phase (15-26 days) of menstrual cycle samples were compared … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 8,365 accessesView PDF Cite