Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWillingness to Pay for Water Hyacinth Control in NepalUmesh Khatri, Resham Bahadur Thapa-Parajuli, Uttam PaudelWater Hyacinth (WH) has become a growing problem across Asia, specifically in Nepal. Infestations of this weed have reached critical proportions in freshwater bodies, causing environmental, economic, agricultural and social problems. These problems have corresponding monetary values. This study elicits the willingness of visitors and local people to control WH in the Phewa Lake in Nepal. Considering three scenarios encircling … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 5 · 14 Nov 2018 · 8,189 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLT-LBP-Based Spatial Texture Feature Extraction with Deep Learning for X-Ray ImagesPankaja Lakshmi P., Sivagami M.The novel logarithmic transformation of Local Binary Pattern (LT-LBP) for texture feature extraction is used with Deep Learning (DL) models. The Computational complexity in the DL models asymptotically increases with the data sesssst and the depth of the layers in Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN). Pre-processing the images before training the DL model holds a strong impact on the operation speed … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 20, Issue 1 · 18 Dec 2023 · 7,190 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDefining Healthy Intimate Relationships: A Qualitative Pilot Study of Rural Hispanic WomenSandra Annan, Karen Jagiello, Deborah Elkins et al.This study aimed to explore Hispanic women’s views of their relationships with current and previous partners. Researchers conducted interviews with Eight (8) women within a local rural Hispanic community. We interviewed in a semi-structured format using the participants' preferred language either English or Spanish. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and reviewed for accuracy. Data were analyzed using a phenomenological focus. Half … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 24 Aug 2023 · 9,260 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMercury Contamination within Protected Areas in the Brazilian Northern Amazon-Amapá StateRossana Venturieri, Marcelo Oliveira-da-Costa, Cecile Gama, Christoph Bernhard JasterMercury contamination is a long-standing environmental and social problem, notably in the Amazon. The widespread use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining has driven contamination of the environment and the people, threatening biodiversity, human health and livelihoods of traditional populations. Along the border area between Brazil and French Guiana, illegal gold mining is considered a critical threat to … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 17 Jan 2017 · 9,246 accessesView PDFCite
Literature ReviewOpen accessIn the abstractAgricultural Farmers Training in Nepal: A Review of Social Work PerspectiveSom Nepali, Rajesh TamangSocial workers can mediate in the agricultural process on two crucial levels- first, it can familiarize the local people with the new technologies, information, training, available subsidies, and facilities either by the state or by institutions and organizations, secondly, it can use first-hand knowledge of the condition of the farmers to understand the need of the hour and convey the … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 17, Issue 1 · 8 Oct 2022 · 6,040 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLocal Climate Trends and Farmers’ Perceptions in Southern Tigray, Northern EthiopiaM. G. Abrha, S. SimhadriThis study aimed to investigate changes in local climate, farmers’ perception to the change and factors affecting perception of farmers to climate change. For trend analysis, we gathered station based rainfall records for the period 1978-2012, while for perception analysis survey was carried out. 600 farming households were randomly selected from four districts using a multi-stage sampling method. Nonparametric analysis … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 4 · 8 Oct 2015 · 7,918 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRADIUS BASED BLOCK LOCAL BINARY PATTERN ON T-ZONE FACE AREA FOR FACE RECOGNITIONMd. Jan Nordin, Abdul Aziz K. Abdul Hamid, Sumazly Ulaiman, R. U. GobithaasanThis study presents a comparison of recognition performance between feature extraction on the T-Zone face area and Radius based block on the critical point. A T-Zone face image is first divided into small regions where Local Binary Pattern (LBP) histograms are extracted and then concatenated into a single feature vector. This feature vector will further reduce the dimensionality scope by … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 12 · 27 Dec 2014 · 7,967 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Impact of Working Capital Turnover on Jordanian Chemical Industries’ ProfitabilityLina WarradThe chemical industry is of long-term importance to the maintain development of local economies and consider the largest industrial sectors in Jordan in terms of the exports volume which accomplished JD 1049000S in 2012. Working capital considers being a measure of company’s efficiency and its short-term financial health; moreover, it is a critical component for a business survival and a … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 25 Feb 2014 · 7,626 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNative Understanding of Participation and Empowerment in Community DevelopmentN. Lyndon, R. Moorthy, A. C. Er, S. SelvaduraiProblem statement: The need for local community is often neglected at macro policy level and it is crucial to engage the native world view. The native view will provide adequate information of the needs and aspirations of the community. The aim of this study is to examine the native understanding of participation and empowerment in community development from the world … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 24 Oct 2011 · 7,575 accessesView PDFCite