Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS FOR MEASURING THE CONSUMPTION OF SAVE WATER TAPSInacio Henrique Yano, Vitor Chaves de Oliveira, Eduardo Veiga de Araujo et al.Currently, water consumption is on the agenda of most organizations around the world. Beyond the environmental benefits for a better use of natural resources there is also a financial motivation to continuously reduce operation costs. This study reports a cost-effective solution using a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for measuring the consumption of different types of save water taps, in a … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 6 · 1 Apr 2014 · 6,854 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractForecasting Peak Load Electricity Demand Using Statistics and Rule Based ApproachZ. Ismail, A. Yahya, K. A. MahpolProblem statement: Forecasting of electricity load demand is an essential activity and an important function in power system planning and development. It is a prerequisite to power system expansion planning as the world of electricity is dominated by substantial lead times between decision making and its implementation. The importance of demand forecasting needs to be emphasized at all level as … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2009 · 7,936 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBusiness Cycle Synchronization Between Australia and New ZealandJie Wei, Minsoo Lee, Christopher GanThere has been a high degree of economic and financial integration between Australia and New Zealand with free trade agreements linking the capital and labor markets. Given a strong economic relationship, business-cycle transmission is expected to exist between the two countries. By analyzing the shock-transmission channels via trade, monetary policy, and exchange rates between Australia and New Zealand we can … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 12 · 31 Dec 2007 · 7,282 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractVolume 4: Face-to-Face with SGAMR-2020 AwardeesChiara Bedon, Mario D’Aniello, Flavio Stochino…New Year and new results for the SGAMR community!! The year 2021 begins with the announcement of Awardees for the first (ongoing) edition of SGAMR awards for Young Investigator (SGAMR-YRA-2020), Best Paper (SGAMR-BPA-2020) and Outstanding Reviewer (SGAMR-ORA-2020)!! In this editorial, we want further to congratulate the Winners, but also present them to our Readers, Supporters, Authors, Reviewers as well as … …International Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 15 Feb 2021 · 7,183 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRelational Contracting in the Building Sector in Jordan as a Substitute to Conventional Formal MethodsRazan Aleasawi, Sultan TarawnehThe socioeconomic policies within the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan aim to enhance the Public-Private Partnership (PPP), one of the Relational Contracting models, to encourage investment, improve public services, upgrade infrastructure and boost financial resources, in line with Jordan 2025 Vision (Ministry of Municipal Affairs, 2014). The construction sector itself has a growth plan of 5% in order to meet this … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 25 Mar 2020 · 6,673 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractConsumer Satisfaction with Public Health Care in ChinaLinghui Jiang, Christopher Gan, Betty Kao et al.Problem statement: Consumer satisfaction is regarded as one of the ultimate goals that all health system should strive for (Hsiao, 2003), it reflects the effectiveness of the health system in consumers’ prospect. Yet public health care services in developing countries including Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) have failed to achieve adequate level of services. China, for example, satisfaction of public health … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2009 · 8,244 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordStructure of a Photovoltaic Electric LocomotiveFlorian Ion Tiberiu PetrescuThe paper proposes to start studies at the global level for the implementation of photovoltaic electric locomotives. The question the author asks is why such trains have not been implemented so far, is there no interest in such a thing? This may avoid the current rush to implement 5G technologies in an already extremely dangerous form for humanity, the rush … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 4 · 16 Nov 2019 · 7,191 accessesView PDFCite