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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractApplying Software Engineering Methodology for Designing Biomedical Software Devoted To Electronic InstrumentationGilsa Aparecida de Lima Machado, Patricia Mara Danella Zacaro, Alderico Rodrigues de Paula Junior, Marcelo Lopes de Oliveira e SouzaProblem statement: Significant effort goes into the development of biomedical software, which is integrated with computers/processors, sensors and electronic instrumentation devoted to a specific application. However, the scientific work on electronic instrumentation controlled by biomedical software has not emphasized software development, instead focusing mainly on electronics engineering. The development team is rarely composed of Software Engineering (SE) experts. Usually, a … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 10 · 23 Aug 2012 · 6,976 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Analysis of Operationalization and Acceptability of Business to Business Transaction: A mixed Method ApproachYusuf Muhammad-Bashir Owolabi, Ahamed Kameel Mydin Meera, Gairuzazmi Mat Ghani et al.Business to business barter exchange is a form of transaction that is gaining popularity during the economic downtown despite the fact that money exchange supersede the traditional barter exchange due to a number of inherent problems it has. This study explores the operation and user’s acceptance of business to business barter exchange in Malaysia that has made barter exchange feasible … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 9 · 30 Jul 2012 · 7,731 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNovel Automatic Query Building Algorithm Using Similarity ThesaurusHayel Khafajeh, Aymen Abu-Errub, Ashraf Odeh, Nidal YousefOne of the most effective factors on the natural language researches is the data set which plays a significant role in designing, improving and evaluation the information retrieval systems and other applications for natural language processing. Unfortunately, building a proper data set consume time, labor and effort, in particular the query extraction from the data set documents. In this study, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 9 · 14 Jul 2012 · 7,612 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDetention Pond Sediment Accumulation Prediction using Monte Carlo SimulationSupiah Shamsudin, Abd Rashid Mohd Darom, Irma Norazurah Mohamad, Azmi Ab RahmanProblem statement: A study in Malaysia had been carried out to predict the sediment accumulation in urban detention ponds. Suspended sediment is pollutant of primary concern to the river that results in adverse environmental effect. Detention pond becomes a practical approach to this problem. Suspended sediment that settled in stormwater detention pond, can bring effect to the detention pond functions. … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 30 Jan 2012 · 7,531 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAcceptance of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Case of Crop FarmersJeffrey Lawrence D’Silva, Norsida Man, Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril, Bahaman Abu SamahProblem Statement: Agriculture for numerous years has been a source of income generator that offered wide opportunities for employment and enhancing the socio-economic status of mankind in many countries. Without doubt acceptance of agricultural sustainable practices will bring much benefit to the farming community especially in the long run to overcome the scarcity of resources and continuous income. Aim of … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 6 Jun 2011 · 8,680 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractService Quality Dimensions in Public Library: Nothern Area ExperiencedZaherawati Zakaria, Zaliha H. Hussin, Nazni Noordin et al.Problem statement: Service quality has emerged as a key strategic issue in management. The service quality assessment tool SERVQUAL was introduced the dimensions of tangibles, reliability, responsiveness and assurance and empathy dimensions of service quality. Approach: The objective of this study is to investigate which service quality dimensions that mostly influenced the service quality in public library in Sungai Petani. … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 20 Apr 2011 · 7,941 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAttitude Towards Contract Farming Among Malaysian Agriculture Learning Institution StudentsBahaman Abu Samah, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva, Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril, Jegak UliProblem statement: The government’s effort in enhancing agriculture productivity cannot be argued. The introduction of contract farming is one of the ways. Contract farming includes a number of new agriculture activities such as leech rearing, worm rearing, vanilla farming, herbs, catfish and many more. However, is the youth who are the pillar of this industry have a positive attitude towards … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 8,149 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Prospective Evaluation of Antihypertensive Medications Safety and Efficacy in United Arab Emirates Private HospitalsMuaed Jamal Alomar, Claire Caroline StrauchProblem statement: Hypertension is one of the most important risk factors for heart and cardiovascular diseases in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of antihypertensive medications in UAE private hospitals is important. The importance arises because of the high prevalence of hypertension in this multicultural region. This study evaluated the use of antihypertensive medications among … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 8,316 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImplementation of Multi-Centroid Moment Invariants in Thermal-Based Face Identification SystemKhairul Hamimah Abas, Osamu OnoProblem statement: Current paramount methods and approaches in face identification field rely on facial characteristics; such as location of eyes, length of nose and mouth, regardless the type of medium used to acquire the facial images. The visibility of these facial characteristics varies significantly with environmental factors (e.g., lighting elements). Various researches have been devoted to develop methodologies for addressing … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2010 · 7,168 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractGrowth, Feed Utilization and Haematology of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell,1822) Fingerlings Fed Diets Containing Different Levels of Vitamin CM. Adunni Adewolu, O. Olakunle AroProblem statement: In an effort to increase growth, improve feed utilization, reduce stress and prevent certain diseases, a 14 week feeding trial was conducted to determine the effects of different levels of dietary vitamin C (ascorbic acid) on growth, feed utilization and hematological changes in Clarias gariepinus fingerlings. Approach: Diets were formulated to contain 0, 50, 100, 150, 500, 1000 … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2009 · 7,699 accessesView PDFCite