Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractComprehending the Environmental and Household Determinants of Jaundice Prevalence in Western NepalUttam Paudel, Krishna Prasad PantPersuasive but scanty evidences from literature claim that climate change is linked with neonatal and adult Jaundice prevalence, especially in underdeveloped countries. This paper explored major environmental and household characteristics attributable to Jaundice prevalence in western Nepal. Cross-sectional dataset obtained from household survey are employed to obtain the results from probit regression model, adequately leveled with an econometric theory. The … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 17, Issue 1 · 19 Feb 2020 · 7,897 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPrediction of Grain Products in TurkeyÖzlem Akay, Gökmen Bozkurt, Güzin YükselMarketing of agricultural products starts with the planning of production on the farm and ends with the sale of food or other goods to manufacturers or consumers. Overall, marketing is a main part of successful agriculture but its significance is usually underestimated, particularly in developing countries. In Turkey, annual variations in grain production are reasonable and result primarily from changes … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 13, Issue 3 · 10 Jul 2017 · 7,325 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBiodegradation of 2, 4 DichlorophenolTaghreed Al-Khalid, Muftah H. El-NaasThe present study focuses on the optimization of process parameters of the aerobic biodegradation of 2, 4 Dichlorophenol (2, 4 DCP) by a commercial strain of P. putida immobilized in PVA gel matrix, using design of experiments by Response Surface Methodology (RSM). The degradation rates obtained from these experiments were used to evaluate the effects of the main factors and … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 1 · 12 Mar 2017 · 7,397 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNondestructive Assessment of Egg Freshness using a Synchronous Fluorescence Spectral TechniqueJianhu Wu, Guifeng Li, Yankun Peng et al.Freshness is an important index of egg quality. In this study, a synchronous fluorescence spectral technique was employed to determine the freshness of an intact egg. Synchronous fluorescence spectra of intact eggs were acquired using a fluorescence spectrometer supported by a laboratory fluorescence acquisition device and egg freshness (Haugh Unit) was obtained using destructive methods. Eggs feature fluorescence signals were … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 15, Issue 4 · 19 Dec 2019 · 8,135 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPROBING NON-ADHERENCE TO PRESCRIBED MEDICINES? A BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTION WITH INFORMATION NUCLEUS CLARIFIESRamalingam ShanmugamNo illness gets cured without the patient’s adherence to the prescribed medicine (s). Reasons such as too many medicines, lack of health insurance coverage, high co-payment cost, loss of cognitive memory to take. are commonly noticed for non-adherence. In some illnesses, the patients who do not adhere to the prescribed medicines end up again in hospital. How should the pertinent … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 17 Jul 2014 · 7,227 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTartaric Acid Modified Rice Hull as a Sorbent for Methylene Blue RemovalSiew-Teng Ong, Pei-Sin Keng, Ai-Wen Chong et al.Problem statement: Improper dye discharge from various industries such as textile, paper, cosmetic and plastics into receiving streams can be one of the sources towards water pollution. The release of these effluents not only causes various disruptions in the ecosystems, but also poses hazard effect as most of the dyes are highly toxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic in nature. Approach: To … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Jun 2010 · 7,155 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOptimal Thyristor Control Series Capacitor Neuro-Controller for Damping OscillationsM. Magaji, M. W. MustafaThis study applies a neural-network-based optimal TCSC controller for damping oscillations. Optimal neural network controller is related to model-reference adaptive control, the network controller is developed based on the recursive "pseudo-linear regression". Problem statement: The optimal NN controller is designed to damp out the low frequency local and inter-area oscillations of the large power system. Approach: Two multilayer-perceptron neural networks … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 12 · 31 Dec 2009 · 7,283 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUsing IRS Products to Recover 7ETM+ Defective ImagesMobasheri Mohammad Reza, Sadeghi Naeini AliOn May 31st, 2003, Landsat 7 faced an anomaly in the Scan Line Corrector (SLC) normal operation. This malfunctioning of SLC caused the individual scan lines alternately overlap each other and consequently produce large gaps at the edges of the image. Regarding the unique specification of ETM+ sensor on board of Landsat-7 satellite such as its spectral bands in the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2008 · 6,967 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAir Blast Freezing of Lime Juice: Effect of Processing ParametersWasan Theansuwan, Kitrichai TriratanasirichaiThis research characterized the effects of air velocity and lime juice layer thickness on freezing time. In the experiment, the air velocity of the freezer and the thickness of the lime juice layer were set to be 4-12 m sec-1 and 4-10 mm, respectively. The temperatures of the lime juice were measured from 15°C until it reached -20°C and were … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2008 · 7,457 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Comparative Study of the Performances of the OLS and some GLS Estimators when Stochastic Regressors are both Collinear and Correlated with Error TermsKayode AyindeThe Classical Linear Regression Model assumes that regressors are non – stochastic, independent and uncorrelated with the error terms. These assumptions are not always tenable especially where regressors are not often assumed fixed in repeated sampling. In this paper, with stochastic regressors, the performances of the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and some Generalized Least Square (GLS) estimators are investigated and … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2007 · 7,347 accessesView PDFCite