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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPre-Service Teachers' Reading Tendencies: Implications for Promoting ReadingAli Fuat AriciThe purpose of this study was to examine Turkish pre-service teachers' reading tendencies. It specifically focused on to identify pre-service teachers' reading backgrounds and also to put forward the relationships between the tendencies of them and their gender as well as program. Participants were 114 female and 72 male undergraduate students from a state university in Turkey; the data collection … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2008 · 6,921 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHow Prepared are Trainee Teachers of University Putra Malaysia (UPM) to Integrate Computer Technology in Classroom Teaching?Shamsiah Mohamed, Ab. Rahim BakarThis research is a presentation of a study on trainee teachers' preparedness to integrate computer technology in teaching. One-hundred and thirty-nine trainee teachers participated in the study. They comprised 12.2% male students and 87.8% female. They majored in agricultural science, home-science, language, economics or accounting and science and mathematics. Their academic achievements were between 2.00 and 3.74 (Mean = 2.91, … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2008 · 7,799 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA case study on Journalistic Coverage for Chinese issues in Saudi NewspapersYahya SharahiliAs Journalism could instinctively exert some effects on international relationships; the importance is how to effectively journalism captures attention. This paper, from the perspective of Saudi-China relationship, chose two renowned Saudi newspapers 'AL RIYADH' and 'AL WATAN', as objective samples. Deductive and descriptive methodologies have been applied to a detailed study on the coverage of Chinese issues in Saudi newspapers … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2008 · 7,462 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBehavioral, Physiological and Biochemical Hormetic Responses to the Autoxidizable Dye Methylene BlueAleksandra K. Bruchey, F. Gonzalez-LimaThe goals of this review were to identify methylene blue (MB) as a compound that follows hormetic behavior for a wide range of effects and to address the question of what is unique about MB that could account for its wide applicability and hormetic behavior as a drug. The MB hormetic doseresponse relationship is exemplified by an increase in various … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2008 · 15,044 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWhat Accounts for Growth in African AgricultureGuy B. Nkamleu, Kalilou Sylla, Abdoulaye ZononEmpirical relationships between the rates of growth and total factor productivity growth, physical input accumulation, as well as institutional and agro-ecological change is evaluated using an international panel data set on 26 African countries and covering the period 1970-2000. The analysis employs the broader framework provided by empirical growth literature and recent developments in TFP measurement. Results suggest a positive … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2008 · 7,464 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCompressive Load Resistance Characteristics of Rice GrainSumpun Chaitep, Chaiy Rungsiyakull, Pipatpong WatanawanyooInvestigation was made to observe the compressive load property of rice gain both rough rice and brown grain. Six rice varieties (indica and japonica) were examined with the moisture content at 10-12%. Compressive loads with reference to a principal axis normal to the thickness of the grain were conducted at selected inclined angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60° and … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2008 · 8,179 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractReadiness in Meeting Globalization Challenges: A Case of Accounting Firms in MalaysiaArfah Salleh, Raduan Che Rose, Naresh Kumar, Lu Chee PengThe empirical study explored the relationships between firm’s characteristics and perceived readiness level of Malaysian Institute of Accountants firm members in meeting globalization challenges. In general all respondents indicated low readiness level in penetrating the global market. Seeing that the services sector is growing tremendously during the recent decades, there is a great opportunity for businesses to increase the export … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2007 · 7,826 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractQuery Based Client Indexing in Client/Server Information SystemsHagen HöpfnerOne issue in client/server information systems is the storage of the relationships between clients and data used by these clients. In particular in scenarios that allow the caching of data on the client site, this information can be used in order to keep the global database consistent. Thus, if the data on the server are updated, it is possible to … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 10 · 31 Oct 2007 · 6,893 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMathematical Modeling for Shakedown Analysis of Offshore StructuresMohammad Javad Fadaee, Hamed Saffari, Ramin TabatabaeiThe shakedown analysis process of an offshore structure having elastic-plastic material presented. The finite element model of the structure has been developed first, and then a simple method has been applied for shakedown analysis using matrix tool. Simplifying the relationships together with applying the theory concepts of shakedown analysis is one of the characteristics of the presented method for practical … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2007 · 7,065 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractInvestigating Factors Affecting Environmental Behavior of Urban Residents: A Case Study in Tehran City- IranKhalil Kalantari, Hossein Shabanali Fami, Ali Asadi, H. Movahed MohammadiEnvironmental problems such as air and water pollution, urban garbage and climate changes in urban areas are the results of human behavior. Only change in human behavior can reduce these environmental problems. Thus studying attitude and behavior of people is a precondition to change this situation. So the main objective of this study was to find out individual and social … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2007 · 7,928 accessesView PDFCite