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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Hybridization of Enhanced Artificial Bee Colony-Least Squares Support Vector Machines for Price ForecastingZuriani Mustaffa, Yuhanis YusofProblem statement: As the performance of Least Squares Support Vector Machines (LSSVM) is highly rely on its value of regularization parameter, γ and kernel parameter, σ2, man-made approach is clearly not an appropriate solution since it may lead to blindness in certain extent. In addition, this technique is time consuming and unsystematic, which consequently affect the generalization performance of LSSVM. … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 10 · 28 Aug 2012 · 6,802 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMonitoring Levothyroxine Dose during Pregnancy: A Prospective StudyJuhi Agarwal, Sirimavo Nair, Tarun SekhriProblem statement: Thyroid dysfunction in pregnant women can influence the outcome for mother and fetus at all stages of pregnancy. As the fetus is entirely dependent on maternal thyroid hormones for its development until about 13 weeks of gestation, it is important to ensure adequate thyroxine substitution in pregnant women during the first trimester. The aim of this prospective study … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 17 Nov 2011 · 9,217 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNeural Network in Modeling Malaysian Oil Palm YieldZuhaimy Ismail, Azme KhamisProblem statement: Forecasting of palm oil yield has become an important element in the management of oil palm industry for proper planning and decision making. The importance of yield forecasting has led us to explore modeling of palm oil yield for Malaysia using the most recent development of Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The main issue in yield forecasting is to … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 8 · 19 Jul 2011 · 8,581 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Effectiveness of a Training Program Based on Cognitive Research Trust Strategies to Develop Seventh Grade Students’ Critical Thinking in History CourseZaid S.M. Al-EdwanProblem statement: This study focused on the importance of critical thinking in teaching methods especially in history course such as using thinking programs in teaching, this study aimed at exploring the effectiveness of a training program based on Cognitive Research Trust (CoRT) strategies to develop seventh grade student’s critical thinking in history course. Approach: To achieve this goal, a training … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 18 Jul 2011 · 8,227 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSome Statistical Solutions and Methods in Evaluation of Efficiency in Sport and Effectiveness in the Phenomenon of Sportsmen' TrainingGheorghe Săvoiu, Ion Iorga, Marian Creţu, Ion MihăilăProblem statement: A general method for evaluation of efficiency in sport and effectiveness in the phenomenon of sportsmen’s training was proposed. Approach: The method of four “E” was a frame method focused on communication and evaluation, where efficiency acquired an essential importance and its variation related to the initial programme, with its time or space details, respectively related to the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 18 Jul 2011 · 7,881 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTeaching Indigenous American Culture and History: Perpetuating Knowledge or Furthering Intellectual Colonization?Michael Kent WardProblem statement: This study addresses a number of ongoing and important issues related to teaching the history and culture of Native Americans in the public setting. As part of the social science curriculum, the study and academic interpretations of American Indian culture and history regularly attracts educators and students alike, but remains problematic for reasons of cultural property and identity. … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 2 Feb 2011 · 8,133 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCo-Processing Trial of Spent Carbon at Wadi Cement Works KarnatakaP. Singh Bundela, Momita Chakrawarty, S. P. GautamProblem statement: Co-processing in cement kiln perforce provides high temperature and long residence condition during the operation and is an effective technology for the management of waste in an environmentally friendly and safe manner. It fully absorbs the energy and material value of the waste without any harmful emissions. Approach: Co-processing in cement kiln ranks higher in the waste management … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 31 Aug 2010 · 7,038 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSpeckle Suppression of Radar Images Using Normalized ConvolutionA. K. Helmy, G. S. El-TaweelProblem statement: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images are becoming more widely used in remote sensing applications. SAR uses microwave radiation to illuminate the earth's surface. The coherent microwave illumination, however, suffers from fading effects result in generating a multiplicative speckle noise that corrupts SAR images. Approach: Through this study, scheme to reduce speckles was proposed, it was designed to accomplish … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 6, Issue 10 · 5 Aug 2010 · 7,264 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWomen Empowerment through Participation in Micro-Credit Programme: A Case Study from BangladeshMahmuda Hoque, Yoshihito ItoharaProblem statement: Numerous micro-credit organizations have been emerged as the form of mushroom in Bangladesh in the recent times. All of them are providing micro-credit to the poor women with the view of poverty reduction and empowering the rural women. Thus, the researchers take an attempt to check that to what extent these micro-credit programmes are effective in empowering rural … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2009 · 9,043 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAlmond Consumption Decreases Fasting and Post Prandial Blood Glucose Level in Female Type 2 Diabetes SubjectParul Choudhary, Saroj Kothari, Vimal SharmaProblem statement: Population studies indicate that individuals who regularly consume nuts have reduced risk for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. The beneficial role of almonds has been established with respect to serum lipid profile however, its beneficial effects on glycemia is still to be established. Aim of the study was to investigate the response of almond feeding on fasting and post … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 8,094 accessesView PDFCite