Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA Case Vignette and Review of Maladaptive Denial and Related Ethical IssuesMerideth Prevost, Wendy H. Gerstein, Natalie M. Salas et al.Maladaptive denial is a pathological reaction to the symptoms, signs or diagnosis of a physical illness. The dominant response is persistent denial of having the physical disorder. Maladaptive denial typically results in the inability of the patient to provide informed consent to treatment due to the refusal to acknowledge an underlying disease process. This pathologic behavior exposes the affected individual … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 12 Nov 2016 · 7,821 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessEvery word in the titleEditorial for the "FRP Structures" Special IssueFabio Minghini, Chiara Bedon, Francesco Ascione, John Kaiser CalautitThe objective of this Special Issue is to present recent advances and emerging cross-disciplinary in the field of thin-walled composite profiles made of Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP), as well as the use of FRP components in structural engineering in general. In this Editorial, a brief summary is provided for all the published papers, in order to emphasize the wide range … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 27 Sep 2016 · 7,919 accessesView PDFCite
Research NotesOpen accessEvery word in the titleA Comprehensive Study on Mobility Issues in AODVThiripurasundari SivakrishnakumarAd-hoc network plays an important role in wireless networks as they are self-configured and can be operated independently with limited resources. The critical issue is to assess the performance of routing protocols in Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) due to the frequent changes in network topology. Here the Ad-hoc On demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol, which is quite susceptible … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 11, Issue 10 · 2 Jan 2016 · 6,722 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleSERVITIZATION OF SOUTH KOREA ECONOMY: CAUSES FOR SLUGGISHNESS AND POLICY ISSUESBongho Kim, Seok YoonSince the 1960 s, the South Korea economy has achieved a rapid economic growth, whereas from the mid 1990's and beyond, servitization showing the growth of the service section over the nominal GDP has rapidly developed. On the other hand, the service industry productivity declined, even lower than the OECD average. These results continue recently through the deterioration of income … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2014 · 6,942 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleCRITICAL REVIEW OF OPENSTACK SECURITY: ISSUES AND WEAKNESSESHala Albaroodi, Selvakumar Manickam, Parminder SinghThe purpose of this study is to examine the state of both cloud computing security in general and OpenStack in particular. Conducting a reassessment of cloud computing security can provide a greater understanding of how cloud computing functions and what types of security issues arise therein. This study is divided into two parts; in the first part, the background of … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 1 · 7 Nov 2013 · 7,288 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleThe Bacterial Chromosomal Sequence and Related IssuesThi Huyen Phan, Duc Luong NguyenThere has been a rapid increasing in the number of bacterial genomes that are completely sequenced recently. However, nucleotide arrangement in bacterial chromosome is still not clear, though it is known that the chromosomal strand is symmetric as a whole but asymmetric locally. The unequal distribution of adenine and thymine as well as cytosine and guanine in the local genomic … …Current Research in Virology, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 29 Jul 2013 · 13,208 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleConfiguration Management Issues in Software Process ManagementParminder Kaur, Hardeep SinghA software development process is concerned primarily with the production aspect especially the management of software development. The development of a software process passes through various phases and there is a need to manage all issues particularly configuration issues during the evolution of a software process. This study makes an attempt to deal with various configuration issues with the help … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 14 Sep 2012 · 7,787 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titlePaleolithic-Style Diet and Coronary Artery Disease: The Tissue is the Issue?Eri Toda, Takahashi Toru, R. B. Singh et al.Approach: While the Western diet is proatherogenic, Paleolithic-style diet may be protective against Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs). Results: Western diet is characterized with energy dense, refined, foods with a high glycemic index (e.g., refined starches; biscuits and bread) and unhealthy lipids (e.g., trans fats, saturated fat, omega-6 rich oils) poor in omega-3 fatty acids, phytochemicals and fibre. These diets are known … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 10 Aug 2012 · 7,135 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleContext Aware Middleware Model for Handling Vehicular Safety IssuesArunkumar Thangavelu, R. A.K. SaravanaguruProblem statement: This study proposed a mathematical model for the existing framework InVANET; context prediction and simulation for vehicle safety. Approach: Markov process was used to model context and predict the states with the help of transition probability matrix. The context parameters were collected from CarSim simulator and inferred using JENA and SPARQL. Results: The longitudinal speed and lateral offset … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 8 · 12 Jul 2012 · 7,103 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleMobile Phone and Short Message Service Appropriation, Usage and Behavioral Issues among University StudentsVimala Balakrishnan, Huck-Soo LooProblem statement: This study aims to explore mobile phone and Short Message Service (SMS) usage among urbanized Malaysian youth. Uses and Gratification theory was used to explore mobile phone purchasing factors, reasons to use mobile phone and SMS, usage pattern and behavioral issues related to mobile phone and SMS. Structured questionnaire surveys and 24 h diaries were distributed to 417 … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 9 May 2012 · 8,403 accessesView PDFCite