Case ReportOpen accessIn the keywordsProblematizing Fragmentation of Environment Governance in Cambodia -Revisiting Weber’s ‘Objectivity’-Taizo YokoyamaThis theoretical study problematizes fragmented policies and governances of environment in Cambodia, drawing on some case studies of decentralization policy. The analysis through extensive literature review ascribes the cause of fragmentation to international aid dependence, which allows scientists to intervene in developing governance reform and policy-making process under the name of Technical-Assistance. The nature of social science will be examined … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 4 · 30 Nov 2017 · 7,798 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsA Measure of Monotonicity of two Random VariablesFarida Kachapova, Ilias KachapovProblem statement: When analyzing random variables it was useful to measure the degree of their monotone dependence or compare pairs of random variables with respect to their monotonicity. Existing coefficients measure general or linear dependence of random variables. Developing a measure of monotonicity was useful for practical applications as well as for general theory, since monotonicity was an important type … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 26 May 2012 · 8,692 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsA Bayesian Method for Disentangling Dependent Structure of Epistatic InteractionJing Zhang, Qu Zhang, Darrin Lewis, Michael Q. ZhangProblem statement: We propose a Bayesian method (RBP) to recursively infer the independence structure of epistatic interactions in case-control study. Approach: Based on the results of BEAM2, RBP can powerfully detect the marginal and conditional independence within interacting SNPs even in the complicated interaction cases. Results: We did extensive simulations to test RBP and compare it with stepwise logistic regression. … …Current Research in Biostatistics, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 13 Jan 2012 · 7,476 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsRecent Trends in Ozone and Particle Concentrations in the Sydney (Australia) AirshedMerched Azzi, Hiep DucAn overview is presented of changes in ground level ozone and atmospheric fine particles determined using ambient monitoring data collected at selected locations in Sydney, Australia. After removing seasonally, auto-regressive and moving average dependence from the selected time series, the trend of a selected series was modelled using the fractional long-term dependent component. The selected technique was able to detect … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 5 · 31 Oct 2008 · 6,682 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsConvergence of Renormalization Group Transformations of Gibbs Random FieldFarida Kachapova, Ilias KachapovStatistical mechanics describes interaction between particles of a physical system. Particle properties of the system can be modelled with a random field on a lattice and studied at different distance scales using renormalization group transformation. Here we consider a thermodynamic limit of a lattice model with weak interaction and we use semi-invariants to prove that random fields transformed by renormalization … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 12, Issue 3 · 27 Jul 2016 · 7,012 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsObject Recognition Based on Image Segmentation and ClusteringS. Thilagamani, N. ShanthiProblem statement: This study deals with object recognition based on image segmentation and clustering. Acquiring prior information of an image is done via two separate processes. Approach: The first process deals with detecting object parts of an image and integration of detected parts into several clusters. All these cluster centers form the visual words. The second process deals with over … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 11 · 6 Sep 2011 · 7,074 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsDetection of DNA Hypomethylation Mediated Floral Induction in Longan and Spinach Using the HAT-RAPD TechniqueS. Anuntalabhochai, R. Chundet, N. Buapong, R. W. CutlerIn this study, the HAT-RAPD technique was used to detect DNA methylation in the four plant species, rice (Oryza sativa), petunia (Petunia hybrida), spinach (Spinacea oleracea L.) and longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.), which were treated using 5-azacytidine, potassium chlorate (KClO3) and a low temperature induction. Rice and petunia were chosen to be induced because in these species it is known … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2009 · 6,977 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsVolatility in Malaysian Stock Market: An Empirical Study Using Fractionally Integrated ApproachChin Wen CheongThis study explores the fractionally integrated (FI) time series analysis in Malaysian stock market. Four proxies of latent volatility, namely the absolute return, squared return and range-based (Parkinson and Garman and Klass) volatilities are selected for the empirical studies. In addition, the well-known FI autoregressive conditional variance (ARCH) type model is also taken into account for comparison purposes. Our empirical … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2008 · 6,706 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBenchmarking Lightweight Deep Learning Models for Field Based Sorghum Leaf Disease DetectionPrince Daughin Ngqabutho NcubeSorghum is a climate-resilient cereal crop central to food and livelihood security across Southern Africa, yet its productivity is frequently reduced by foliar diseases that smallholder farmers struggle to diagnose reliably in the field. While deep learning has demonstrated strong potential for automated plant disease identification, sorghum remains underrepresented in the literature, and no prior study has provided a comprehensive, … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 22, Issue 10 · 29 Sep 2026 · 535 accessesView PDFCite