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Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractStatistical Binarization Techniques for Document Image AnalysisSaad M. Ismail, Siti Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah, Fariza FauziBinarization is an important process in image enhancement and analysis. Currently, numerous binarization techniques have been reported in the literature. These binarization methods produce binary images from color or gray-level images. This article highlights an extensive review on various binarization approaches which are also referred to as thresholding methods. These methods are grouped into seven categories according to the employed … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 3 Jan 2018 · 8,160 accessesView PDF Cite

EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractIs Rerum® the New Coley's Vaccine?Marco RuggieroColey's Vaccine and Cancer Immunotherapy Dr. William B. Coley is credited for having been the first to translate the observation of an association between bacterial infections, high fever and cancer remission into a successful cancer treatment. However, it is worth noting that such an association dates back to at least one century before Coley's times; as Wiemann and Starnes from … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 31 May 2017 · 12,281 accessesView PDF Cite

Special issueFRP StructuresAmerican Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences · 30 Aug 2016

EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractCommentary-How do we Improve Training for Receptor Research?Marilee Ann BenoreThis issue of the American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology features articles about receptor-ligand interactions that are critical to the wellbeing of all living organisms. The importance of the field of receptor research is supported by the large number of articles published in journals, the numerous specialty journals, the international conferences and the percentage of legal drugs on the market … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 11, Issue 4 · 8 Dec 2015 · 8,056 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAdaptive Acceptance Criterion (AAC) Algorithm for Optimization ProblemsAnmar AbuhamdahOptimization methods commonly are designed for solving the optimization problems. Local search algorithms are optimization method, which are good candidate in exploiting the search space. However, most of them need parameter tuning and incapable of escaping from local optima. This work proposes non-parametric Acceptance Criterion (AC) that not relies on user-defined, which motivate to propose an Adaptive Acceptance Criterion (AAC). … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 11, Issue 4 · 23 Jul 2015 · 6,969 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractANALYTICAL PROBLEMS AND APPROACHES TOWARDS IMPROVING THE UTILIZATION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY THE RURAL COMMUNITIES IN NIGERIAShilni Alfred PukumaUtilization of healthcare services for the most vulnerable and underprivileged populations have been recommended by the World Health Organization as a basic primary healthcare concept. It has been suggested that healthcare should be universally accessible without barriers based on affordability, physical accessibility, or acceptability of services Access to quality health is a basic civic right of all Nigerian citizens. While … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 22 Jul 2014 · 7,307 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTHE INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY USING THE SYSTEM OF INDICATORSElena I. Danilina, Dmitry V. GorelovThe assessment of the local government performance, as any other serious work, is improved and undergone major changes every year. The objective of this article-is the research of the methodological aspects of forming the system of indicators, which reflect the local government performance. The difficulties with which the constituent entities of the Russian Federation face while making assessment according to … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 8 · 13 May 2014 · 6,585 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA NOVEL OPTIMIZATION MODEL FOR SIMULTANEOUS COST-RISK REDUCTION IN MULTI-SUPPLIERS JUST-IN-TIME SYSTEMSFaraj El Dabee, Romeo Marian, Yousef AmerIn today’s competitive global markets, Just-in-Time (JIT) is one of the main lean manufacturing approaches. It is used in organizations to improve performance and reduce costs and as a strategic core capability to ensure their market position. However, using JIT tightly couples various functions of the Supply Chain and increases the risk of propagating disruptions through the entire system. This … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 12 · 25 Nov 2013 · 7,610 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHodsong: A Monastery Ritual for a Local Wisdom Ceremony for the Monk RankingTheerapong Meethaisong, Pisit Boonchai, Kosit PangsoiThe ranking order of monk in Isan, Thailand was influenced mostly from Buddhist believe and practices starting from Lanchang period and this religious believe become the common practices and the tool for local community in strengthening harmony and unity. One of the important religious ceremony calls Hodsong ceremony. The research area covered Maha Sarakham, Roi Et and Kalasin provinces which … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 12 · 2 Nov 2013 · 7,126 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEvaluation of Different Query Expansion Techniques for Arabic Text Retrieval SystemAysh Alhroob, Hayel Khafajeh, Nisreen InnabThe word mismatch problem is fundamental to Information retrieval. Query expansion process helps to overcome this problem. Based on the Arabic corpuses, the comparisons between two query expansion techniques (global and local query) have been conducted to determine the query effectiveness. First one represents the local context analysis which represents a local method, while a global method was the second … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 9 · 24 Aug 2013 · 6,885 accessesView PDF Cite