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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRevisiting Share Market Efficiency: Evidence from the New Zealand Australia, US and Japan Stock IndicesChristopher Gan, Minsoo Lee, Au Yong Hue Hwa, Jun ZhangThis study aims to re-examine the market efficiencies in New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZSE) and Australia Stock Exchange (ASX) stock indices to investigate whether Groenewold’s[1] findings still hold in the period after the financial liberalization (January 1990-January 2003). In addition, the study also examines whether the larger US NYSE and Japanese NIKKEI stock indices have any influence on the NZSE … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 5 · 31 May 2005 · 7,972 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractInvestigation into Waste Management on Construction Sites in South Western NigeriaO. O. Akinkurolere, S. O. FranklinThis study aims to report investigation into the problem of waste management on construction sites in South Western Nigeria and to unveil inherent dangers material wastage poses to the construction Industry. In the construction industries, materials are very vital in building sites, but not all the materials delivered are used for the purposes for which they have been ordered and … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 5 · 31 May 2005 · 7,943 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractProduction of Light Weight Ceramics Teils from Local MaterialsGhazi Al-MarahlehThis study covers the feasibility of production lightweight ceramics teils (light weight clay bricks) by adding local various types of combustible materials to the clay. It was found those substantial quantities of bagasse, sawdust, rice husks and straw are suitable for the production of lightweight bricks and distributed combustible materials finely was mixed with clay and molded into bricks. During … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2005 · 7,136 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMonitoring Water Quality Parameters of the Transboundry River NestosPsilovikos Aris, Margoni Sophia, Psilovikos AntoniosThe Nestos/Mesta river, shared by Greece and Bulgaria, needs monitoring system along its course for sustainable management and environmental preservation. Such a system, known as R.E.MO.S., was installed in the year 2000 and operates since then on a 24 h basis at a station in the river deltas channel. It records water level, water and air temperature, conductivity, redox potential … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2005 · 7,184 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Evolution of Today's Health Care EconomyEldo E. Frezza, Maurizio Chiriva-InternatiThe health care economy has fluctuated in the last 30 years. One of the contributing factors has been the reimbursement schemes used by hospitals and physicians, which has had a considerable impact on the behavior and performance of the health care market. Unlike health care markets in other countries, the U.S. has a multi-payer system. These third-party payers include the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 6,657 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFirms and their Responsibility towards NatureJerome Ballet, Damien BazinCorporate social responsibility is increasingly discussed in economics and management studies today. Corporate leaders often make use of this concept, which finds its origins in philosophy, to analyse the normative behaviour of their companies. But what exactly is corporate responsibility? Is it a mere concept currently in vogue, or is it a new structural approach which could indeed take responsibility … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 7,155 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSeek of an Optimal Way by Q-LearningY. Dahmani, A. BenyettouIn this article, we presented the Q-Learning training method which is a derivative of the reinforcement learning called sometimes training by penalty-reward. We illustrate this by an application to the mobility of a mobile in an enclosure closed on the basis of a starting point towards an unspecified arrival point. The objective is to find an optimal way optimal without … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 6,936 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPeriodicity of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in a Mathematical Model that Incorporates ComplacencyFlugentius Baryarama, Livingstone S. Luboobi, Joseph Y.T. MugishaAn HIV/AIDS model incorporating complacency for the adult population is formulated. Complacency is assumed a function of the number of AIDS cases in a community with an inverse relation. A method to find the equilibrium state of the model is given by proving a stated theorem. An example to illustrate the application of the theorem is also given. Model analysis … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 6,634 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEvidences of Apoptosis in Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Hepatocytes and Peripheral Blood Monocuclear Cells in the Absence of Liver InjuryViviana Falcón, Nelson Acosta-Rivero, Mineko Shibayama et al.Understanding the mechanism of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) pathogenesis is an important part of HCV research. In this study, the presence of apoptosis in HCV-infected liver and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) from patients positive for anti-HCV antibodies and negative for serum HCV-RNA was investigated. The samples obtained from 21 patients were studied by in situ Hybridization (ISH), Immunofluorescence, TUNEL … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 6,984 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEvidences of Hepatitis C Virus Replication in Hepatocytes and Peripheral Blood Monocuclear Cells from Patients Negative for Viral RNA in SerumViviana Falcón, Nelson Acosta-Rivero, Mineko Shibayama et al.In this study, we examined the expression of hepatitis C virus (HCV) components in hepatocytes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients positive for anti-HCV antibodies and negative for serum HCV-RNA. The samples obtained from 25 randomly selected patients (13 of 25 patients showed no histological evidences of chronic hepatitis and had normal serum ALAT and GGTP levels) were … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 7,173 accessesView PDFCite