Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIncome Distribution and Health Status: Econometric Evidence from OECD CountriesVasudeva N.R. MurthyThis research note, using a cross-sectional sample consisting of 27 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries (OECD) for the reference year 2002, empirically examines the relationship between health status as measured by infant mortality and the degree of income inequality, given the effect of certain controlled variables. The empirical findings based on the estimation by robust econometric methods, show … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2007 · 7,254 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCurrent Approaches for the Prevention of Surgical Site InfectionsSander Florman, Ronald Lee NicholsSurgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common type of nosocomial infection among surgical patients and are commonly caused by the patients’ own microbial flora. The prevalence of SSI is a major concern because of the associated increase in the incidence of morbidity and mortality, length of hospitalization and cost of care for postoperative patients. Key factors that determine whether … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2007 · 7,828 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractVoluntary Counseling and Testing with AIDS Outpatient: Hubei, ChinaSheng Wanxiang, Liu Xiaoming, Yang Rongrong et al.The HIV/AIDS epidemic has affected the world over the past two decades reveals the significant role of socio-cultural beliefs and attitudes in the shaping of people’s lifestyles and approaches to the control and prevention of epidemics. A descriptive analysis of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) in the 2005-2006 which is the key Hubei provincial science and technology project that studies … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2007 · 7,070 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCharacteristics of Effective Dynamics and its Use in Developing the Product Quality and Proceeds in Inclusively FirmNasir Al KloubControlling product size type and quality is a set of technical, technological, organizational and preparatory procedures correlated in one process. Indexes for the demand for product in foreign and local markets vary according to its quality, and consequently technological processes should guarantee and warrant protects of subtle qualities and quality indexes. Securing quality of the product in all industrial sectors … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2006 · 6,248 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNew RFID System Architectures Supporting Situation Awareness under Ubiquitous EnvironmentsDongwon Jeong, Young-Gab Kim, Hoh InMany sensors providing situation data will be in everywhere under the ubiquitous environment. The current RFID system should be extended to recognize and use situation information from the sensors. This study proposes RFID system architectures that are suitable for the ubiquitous environment. This study applies the situation awareness concept to and extends the current RFID system architecture to be able … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 28 Jul 2006 · 7,047 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPerformance Evaluation of Implementing Calls Prioritization with Different Queuing Disciplines in Mobile Wireless NetworksSalman A. AlQahtani, Nasser-Eddine RikliIt is known that efficient call handling mechanisms can greatly improve cellular network performance. One way to improve system performance of cellular network is to use efficient handover schemes when users changes between cells. This paper focuses on the performance evaluation of originating and handover calls prioritization using different queue size and discipline. Both calls will be queued until they … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 5 · 31 May 2006 · 6,472 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImpact Analysis of Irrigation Projects: an Application of Contingent Valuation MethodAnastasios MichailidisWater supply in rural and urban areas is an issue of primary concern, especially in developing countries. The objective of this study is to estimate some socioeconomic and environmental values of three irrigation lakes, constructed at Panagitsa village (Region of Central Macedonia, Prefecture of Pella). The study area is characterized, especially during the summer session, of limited water supply for … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2006 · 7,824 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOn Optimistic Concurrency Control for Real-Time Database SystemsAmer A. AliThe performance of database transaction processing system can be profoundly affected by the concurrency control method employed since it is necessary to preserve database integrity in a multi-user environment. In addition to satisfying the consistency requirement as in traditional database system, real-time database systems must also satisfy timing constraints. In this study we present a virtual run policy for the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2006 · 6,908 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Simple Approach for Building Cooling Load EstimationF. A. Ansari, A. S. Mokhtar, K. A. Abbas, N. M. AdamThe present work is to demonstrate how some very simple problems are made mathematically complex and seemingly tedious due to academic or business compulsions. There are some problems in which mathematical model are developed after making many simplifying assumptions. But, when it comes to solving these models, very sophisticated and complex schemes are applied. For such problems, dual policy does … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2005 · 7,538 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDesign and Simulation of an Input Queuing Packet SwitchAzeddine Bilami, Mustapha Lalam, Mohamed BenmohammedMany Architectures of Internet routers, ATM and Ethernet switches have been proposed and analysed in literature. Theoretically reliable and valid solutions have been developed to achieve high performances, but a lot of them are not feasible in practice for commercial and technological reasons. Few papers develop the implementation and simulation aspects. The objective of this study is the design of … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 1, Issue 3 · 19 Sep 2005 · 6,929 accessesView PDFCite