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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractApplying Software Engineering Methodology for Designing Biomedical Software Devoted To Electronic InstrumentationGilsa Aparecida de Lima Machado, Patricia Mara Danella Zacaro, Alderico Rodrigues de Paula Junior, Marcelo Lopes de Oliveira e SouzaProblem statement: Significant effort goes into the development of biomedical software, which is integrated with computers/processors, sensors and electronic instrumentation devoted to a specific application. However, the scientific work on electronic instrumentation controlled by biomedical software has not emphasized software development, instead focusing mainly on electronics engineering. The development team is rarely composed of Software Engineering (SE) experts. Usually, a … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 10 · 23 Aug 2012 · 6,976 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPhysical Therapy Improved Hand Function in a Patient with Traumatic Peripheral Lesion: A Case StudyMarco Orsini, Julio Guilherme Silva, Clynton Lourenco Correa et al.Problem statement: Nerves are frequently injured by traumatic lesions, such as crushing, compression (entrapment), stretching, partial and total extraction, resulting in damages to the transmission of nerve impulses and to the reduction or loss of sensitivity, to the motility and to the reflexes of the innervated area. The objective of this study was to evaluate the results of a rehabilitation … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 6 Aug 2012 · 7,897 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCultural and Nutritional Perspective of Indian Hunter-Gatherers (Kurichia Tribe)R. B. Satyavathi, R. K. Anuradha, K. K. Reddy, R. B. SinghProblem statement: To study the cultural and nutritional perspective of Indian hunter-gatherers (Kurichia tribe), Kerala, India. Approach: Descriptive and case study analysis. Results: Though Indian scriptures provided a full zodiacal life cycle of one hundred and twenty years for an individual, this goal is rarely reached. However, it is significant to note that in Indian hunter-gatherers (Kurichia tribe) of Kerala … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 25 Jan 2012 · 8,065 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractComputing Evaporanspiraton from Weather Data Obtained from Distant, Non-Reference Weather Stations in a Hyper-Arid RegionElNesr Mohammad Nabil, Alazba Abdurrahman AliProblem statement: Reference agro-climatic Weather Stations (WS) are rarely found in newly reclaimed areas. The usage of weather data from non-reference WS may lead to inaccurate estimations of Evapo Transpiration (ET), especially if the non-reference stations are distant from the reclaimed location. Approach: Weather data from four WS located at Riyadh were used to calculate ET by using Penman Monteith … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 27 Sep 2011 · 7,692 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFrontal Arabic Fricative Consonants Characteristics among Primary School Children: Spectral Density Function ApproachNurul Ashikin Abdul-Kadir, Rubita SudirmanProblem statement: Arabic speech recognition system is un-developed until today. By using people of non-Arab nationality, the set of frontal fricative of Arabic consonants are study as the earlier step to develop the recognition system for Malaysian. As most of the developed Arabic speech recognition system for Malaysian are rarely found. Approach: The characteristic of each of the phonemes were … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 10 · 9 Aug 2011 · 7,178 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDifficulties of Standard Arabic Phonemes Spoken by Non-Arab Primary School Children based on Formant FrequenciesN. A. Abdul-Kadir, R. SudirmanProblem statement: The study of Malaysian Arabic phoneme is rarely found which make the references work difficult. Specific guideline on Malaysian subject is not found even though a lot of acoustic and phonetics research has been done on other languages such as English, French and Chinese. Approach: This study discussed about the correct and simplest way of Arabic phonemes pronunciation … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 7 · 28 Jun 2011 · 7,465 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffects of an Educational Scenario Exercise on Participants' Competencies of Systemic ThinkingSimon BurandtProblem statement: Education for sustainable development (ESD) aims to shape key competencies of individuals and therefore needs methods to enable learners to acquire these competencies. Systemic thinking can be regarded as a meta-competency in ESD, because it contains many important aspects found in most key competencies of ESD. Scenario analysis is described as a learning environment that fosters the acquisition … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 18 Dec 2010 · 8,741 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMany Sources, One Theme: Analysis of Cyberbullying Prevention and Intervention WebsitesRebecca AhlforsProblem statement: Cyberbullying represents the expansion of traditional bullying into the electronic realm. As the problem of cyberbullying typically occurs via the Internet, many cyberbullying prevention and intervention resources have been made available online. The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine general characteristics of cyberbullying prevention and intervention websites. This study was conducted as a preliminary survey of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 23 Oct 2010 · 12,804 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Ways to Conserve and Develop Isan-Shadow Puppet Performances for Promoting Cultural Value and WorthBooncharoen Bamrungchoo, Boonsom Yodmalee, Khaentaphon SamdaengdejProblem statement: Nang Pra Mo Thai Isan (Isan-Shadow puppet performance) is a kind of cultural plays which has been performed for a long time. At present, it has declined from people’s popularity so it should be conserved and developed in order to promote its folk-cultural value and worth. The purposes of this research were: (1) to investigate the diffusion, the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 7,728 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEvaluation of the Groundwater Global Pollution Risk: Relationships with Territorial PlanningM. De Maio, F. Minucci, G. NocerinoProblem statement: The protection and enhancing of Groundwater Resources (GWR) at an international level have been studied extensively, but they have very rarely been considered in Territorial Planning and Urban Planning. Now more than in the past, thanks to the technologies and know-how acquired over the years, ignoring responsibilities with regards to the close link between these themes is no … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Apr 2010 · 6,846 accessesView PDFCite