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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHIV Medication Adherence and Substance Use: The Smartest Women’s ProjectEliot Lopez, Deborah L. Jones, Mary Ishii et al.Antiretroviral (ARV) medication for substance users has been a controversial issue with respect to whether current substance users can successfully maintain their medication regimens. This study compared ARV adherence across current substance users, former substance users and those with no history or current use and the relative impact of a medication adherence intervention on all three groups. Of the 481 … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2007 · 7,201 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEnvironmental Impact Assessment of Quarrying Plants: An IRF Kriging Solution to Noise and Airborne Dust MonitoringDario Lippiello, Guido Alfaro Degan, Mario PinzariA geostatistical approach is tested for the assessment of the environmental impact generated by industrial plants on the surrounding areas. To this end, a case study of a tuff quarry in the Italian region of Lazio is presented. The method utilised is Intrinsic Kriging with external drift which allows spatial maps of different hazardous agents like noise and airborne dust … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 15, Issue 1 · 9 Feb 2019 · 7,891 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Investigation into Information Security Threats from Insiders and how to Mitigate them: A Case Study of Zambian Public SectorMelissa K. Chinyemba, Jackson PhiriInsider attacks are security breaches posed by an existing or former organizational stakeholder with unrestricted access rights to the resources who, with or without intent, compromises the confidentiality, integrity and availability of organizational data. Zambian public organizations are vulnerable to insider attacks due to a number of factors that include; technology complexity, understaffing, financial gains, lack of security policies and … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 14, Issue 10 · 29 Oct 2018 · 8,260 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractShort-Term Effects of Aroma Therapeutic Herbal Steam on Heart Rate Variability and StressPeerada Damapong, Pongmada DamapongThis experimental research aims to examine the short-term effects of aroma therapeutic herbal steam on heart rate variability and stress. In this experimental study, the participants were 60 diabetic patients with stress who had rated their stress in the Suang-prung Stress Test-20 at the level of 3 or higher. They were divided into the treatment group (n = 30) and … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 15, Issue 7 · 4 Sep 2018 · 8,674 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNuclear Posture Review: Kahn Vs. Schelling…and PerryTimothy Sands, Harold Camacho, Richard MihalikThe 2018 American Nuclear Posture Review includes a revived emphasis on deployed, low-yield nuclear options to reserve credible deterrence against countries that have transmitted beliefs the U.S. would not respond to employment of non-strategic nuclear weapons, since there is a mistaken perception that the U.S. could only respond with high-yield strategic weapons, which would be deemed unacceptable. An important question … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 30 Apr 2018 · 9,278 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNew Strategy to Optimize Lean Supply Chain Design by Meta-HeuristicThi Hong Dang Nguyen, Thien My DaoThis paper aims at presenting one novel quantitative strategy of optimizing the design of Lean supply chain using Meta-Heuristics. While classifying Lean Manufacturing tools in two categories, namely Functional and Tier Lean tools, we propose a new framework to design the Lean supply chain by implementing the former into a 5-echelon Fat supply chain. As the following step, we investigate … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 1 · 9 Mar 2017 · 7,953 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMobile Robot: SLAM Implementation for Unknown Indoor Environment ExplorationMohamed Emharraf, Mohammed Bourhaleb, Mohammed Saber, Mohammed RahmounThe autonomy is the most crucial criteria in mobile robots. This operation aims to offer the ability of finding the position and build a map of the environment to the robot. Many methods have been proposed to solve this problem. In this study, an implementation of SLAM approach for unknown indoor environment exploring by mobile robot is proposed. In fact, … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 12, Issue 2 · 26 Mar 2016 · 7,306 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractAre we Able to Harness the Immunomodulatory Power of Cytokines for Novel Autoimmune Disease Treatments?Giuseppe Nocentini, Graziella Migliorati, Carlo RiccardiSince the end of the 1970s, interleukin 2 (IL-2) has been known as a key player in T cell expansion/activation (Watson et al., 1980). In the late 1980s, some groups used IL-2 to stimulate the immune systems of tumour patients (Jacobs et al., 1986). The idea seemed brilliant and several attempts were made, but the results were disappointing (Lim et … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 22 Oct 2015 · 7,629 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRETRACTED: Durability Properties of High-Performance Concrete Incorporating Nano-TiO2 and Fly AshEhsan Mohseni, Malek Mohammad Ranjbar, Konstantinos Daniel TsavdaridisThe American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences has decided to retract the manuscript titled "Durability Properties of High-Performance Concrete Incorporating Nano-TiO2 and Fly Ash" authored by Ehsan Mohseni, Malek Mohammad Ranjbar and Konstantinos Daniel Tsavdaridis, published in Volume 8, Issue 4 with the page numbering 519-526. After receiving a complaint, the editorial office found that the manuscript was translated … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 4 · 1 Sep 2015 · 10,429 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractStandardized Ileal Digestible Lysine Requirement of 6- to 10-kg Weanling PigsChan Sol Park, Beob Gyun KimThe objective of the experiment was to determine the Standardized Ileal Digestible (SID) lysine requirement for weanling pigs from 6 to 10 kg of Body Weight (BW). A total of 216 weanling pigs with an initial BW of 6.23±0.93 kg were assigned to six diets in a randomized complete block design with five blocks based on BW. Six corn-dried whey-soybean … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 3 · 10 Jun 2015 · 7,548 accessesView PDFCite