Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsElection in Malaysia and Indigenization of DemocracyKartini Aboo Talib @ Khalid, Shamsul A.B, Suraiya IshakElection and democracy have coexisted but the Western interpretations of democracy though dominant, yet contestable. In a democracy, election serves as a tool to elect representatives. Election is held regularly to avoid power absolutism. However, democracy is conceived differently due to history, society and local contexts. In Malaysia, democracy and elections were introduced during the undemocratic colonial period in the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 27 Aug 2018 · 8,140 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesRetinal Image Analysis for Abnormality Detection-An OverviewR. Karthikeyan, P. AlliProblem statement: Classification plays a major role in retinal image analysis for detecting the various abnormalities in retinal images. Classification refers to one of the mining concepts using supervised or unsupervised learning techniques. Approach: Diabetic retinopathy is one of the common complications of diabetes. Unfortunately, in many cases, the patient is not aware any symptoms until it is too late … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 24 Jan 2012 · 7,285 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesAn Analysis and Overview of Wireless Routing ProtocolsN. Dhanalakshmi, P. AlliProblem statement: In the past, the main focus of the research in the wireless network is to provide optimal routes between source and destination nodes. The wireless routing is required additional computational effort than wired routing in order to fulfill the major wireless characteristics such as battery power constraints, frequent mobility and less processing. Approach: In addition to wired routing … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 17 Jan 2012 · 7,637 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesAn Analysis and Overview of Modern Digital WatermarkingY. Arockia Raj, P. AlliProblem statement: The major growth of information technology is based on the growth of computer networks. The computer network diminished the entire global in a nutshell, via the internet and the intranet capabilities. Approach: In the recent year, communicating information within authenticated groups in the text, image and video formats are highly unavoidable one. And in the same manner, there … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 5 Nov 2011 · 7,724 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesAn Overview of Research Issues in the Modern Healthcare Monitoring System Design using Wireless Body area NetworkD. Suresh, P. AlliProblem statement: Healthcare is recognized various leading edge technologies and new scientific discoveries to enable better cures for diseases and better means to enable early detection of most life threatening diseases. The modern health care focused for optimally reducing the healthcare costs. Approach: The modern healthcare system enables medical professionals to remotely perform real-time monitoring, early diagnosis and treatment for … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 5 Nov 2011 · 7,914 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesA Review on Recent Research and Implementation Methodologies on Medical Image SegmentationS. K. Somasundaram, P. AlliProblem statement: Image segmentation plays a very important role in digital imaging applications for classifying the anatomical structures and other Regions of Interest. Segmentation refers to the process of identifying and isolating the surface and regions of the digital image which corresponds to the structural units. Approach: In the past few decades, many methods have been proposed to segment the … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 4 Nov 2011 · 7,121 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesKnowledge of the Most-at-Risk Populations about Human Immunodeficiency Virus PreventionA. Ebadian, V. Alli, H. Sedghi et al.Problem statement: In this study we tried to assess the knowledge of general population (15-45 years), injecting drug users, female sex workers, MSM and male prisoners about HIV prevention in Iran. Approach: Respondents are asked the following set of prompted questions: (a) Can we reduce the risk of HIV transmission by having sex with only one uninfected partner who has … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 11 · 30 Nov 2009 · 6,542 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesDetecting Anomalies in IoT Using Intuitionistic Fuzzy Clustering AlgorithmsVijo Arul Selvi M., Fehmin Nadira Laskar, Fokrul Alom Mazarbhuiya et al.Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets (IFS) are convenient ways to represent the vagueness and uncertainty inherent in any dataset. There are many uses of these. One such use is the Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) algorithm, which clusters the data objects into a pre-assigned (c) number of fuzzy clusters, which has been adopted in many fields, namely, pattern classification, anomaly detection, fraud identification, etc. … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 22, Issue 2 · 2 Mar 2026 · 1,606 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesOccurrence and Seasonal Variation of Antibiotics in Fez-Morocco Surface WaterOualid Chaib, Btissam Arhoune, Sanae Achour et al.The presence and accumulation of antibiotics in the water environment has become emerging contaminants of concern causing disruption of ecosystems worldwide. We describehere the seasonal variation and the occurrence of antibiotic residues in Fez city surface water (Morocco). During one year between February 2014 and January 2015, 8 surface water samples were collected monthly. Quantification of the 7 antibiotics was … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 15, Issue 4 · 27 Aug 2019 · 9,186 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesImpact of Mercury Mine Activities on Water Resources at Azzaba-North-East of AlgeriaFadila Alligui, Abdelhak BoutalebProblem statement: Mercury mineralization occurred in Azzaba (north-eastern Algeria) as a part of mercurial Numidian belt, consists of numerous of Hg deposits (Koudiat Sma, Mrasma, Guenicha, Fendek, Ismail and Ras Elma). These deposits are hosted in a variety of lithologies including sandstone, limestone, breccias and conglomerate. The ores occur as cinnabar deposits in Ypresian-Lutetian formations. Although the quantity and type … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 31 Aug 2010 · 7,498 accessesView PDFCite