Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLearning Trajectories of Primary Student Teachers; a Cross-Cultural ComparisonPaul Gardner, Chris RixLife history methodology was used to compare the life and educational trajectories of six primary student teachers in England with their counterparts at a Malawian Teacher Training College. A semi structured interview schedule was used to elicit the students’ childhood memories including experiences of school, significant people in their lives, interactions with their teachers and influential factors in deciding to … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 18 Feb 2012 · 8,504 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBirds as a Tool for Island Habitat Conservation and ManagementPedro Rodrigues, Regina Tristao da CunhaProblem statement: The Azores is a archipelago of nine volcanic islands, situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Oceanic islands are known hotspots of biodiversity and the Azores, although relatively young (0.3-13 MA), conform to this general pattern. The local avifauna amount to 37 birding species, with two endemic species and 11 endemic subspecies. With an estimated population … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 20 Jan 2012 · 8,157 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNasal Myiasis Caused by Cochliomyia Hominivorax in the United States: A Case ReportRyan Tai, Michael A. Marsh, Ryan Rao et al.Cases of human myiasis caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax are typically reported in Central and South America. We report a case of nasal myiasis, which manifested in a hospitalized patient in the United States who did not have a recent travel history. The larvae were discovered in the patient’s nares on the fifth day of hospitalization. The patient was successfully treated … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 9 Jan 2012 · 8,368 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLearning from Lessons Learned: Project Management Research ProgramKam JugdevProblem statement: When we fail to learn from our own mistakes or those of others, we tend to repeat the mistakes. This study discusses lessons learned as important ways of gathering and sharing both formal and informal project knowledge. Approach: The study presents findings of three studies from a research program on lessons learned. The first study is a content … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 9 Jan 2012 · 13,822 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNice CV! You Will Hear From Us: Canadian Labor Market and the Phenomenology of the Marginalized Ethnic Professional MigrantBuster C. OgbuaguProblem statement: In the last several decades, the quest for human capital has meant that Canada’s consideration of potential migrants hinged largely on the needs of its labor market. Applying the human capital theory espoused by Schultz (1961) Canada, like other industrialized countries shows interests only in those migrants who it strongly believes will make exemplary contributions to the economy. … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 27 Oct 2011 · 8,822 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUsing Invariant Translation to Denoise Electroencephalogram SignalsJanett Walters-Williams, Yan LiProblem statement: Because of the distance between the skull and the brain and their different resistivity's, Electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings on a machine is usually mixed with the activities generated within the area called noise. EEG signals have been used to diagnose major brain diseases such as Epilepsy, narcolepsy and dementia. The presence of these noises however can result in misdiagnosis, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 11 · 5 Oct 2011 · 7,508 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPersistence of Traditional Retailing in an Island TownS. Selvadurai, R. Moorthy, N. Lyndon, A. C. ErProblem statement: The convergence of modern retail formats in the developing world is resisted by the persistence of traditional retail formats. The issue of lower-circuit and middle-circuit in traditional retail trade in the modernizing urban arena has raise debates about its co-existence in different cultural and geographical settings. The aim of this study is to examine the persisting organizational features … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 3 · 15 Sep 2011 · 7,356 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractApplication of Neuro-Fuzzy Techniques for Solar RadiationW. A. Rahoma, U. Ali Rahoma, A. H. HassanProblem statement: The prediction is very useful in solar energy applications because it permits to estimate solar data for locations where measurements are not available. The developed artificial intelligence models predict the solar radiation time series more effectively compared to the conventional procedures based on the clearness index. Approach: The forecasting ability of some models could be further enhanced with … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 10 · 11 Aug 2011 · 7,077 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTowards an Integrated Intrusion Detection Monitoring in High Speed NetworksHassen SallayProblem statement: Security Management has become a critical aspect for large scale distributed systems. Particularly, recent Distributed Intrusion Detection Systems (DIDS) schemes in High Speed Networks (HSN) have raised new serious management problems and challenges. Increasing the effectiveness of IDS monitoring is primordial to satisfy the restrictive constraints in such large multi-domains environment for narrow context of HSN. Approach: We … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 7 · 30 Jun 2011 · 6,560 accessesView PDFCite