Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordThree-Phase Shunt Active Power FilterMoleykutty George, Kartik Prasad BasuActive power filters have been widely used for harmonic elimination. The performance of a conventional three-phase shunt Active Power Filter (APF) using Synchronous Detection Method (SDM) has been compared with Nonlinear Autoregressive-Moving Average (NARMA)-L2 based APF. The novelty of this study lies in the application of NARMA-L2 control to generate the amplitude of the reference supply current required by the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2008 · 7,306 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordThe Nutritive Value of Wastewater Grown Barley and its Utilization in Fish FeedA.M. Snow, A. E. GhalyThe feasibility of using wastewater grown barley plants as a component of fish feed was evaluated. The barley plants were grown in a hydroponics system on wastewater from a recirculating aquaculture facility. The effects of wastewater application rate on plant growth and pollution potential reduction were investigated. At the end of the experiment, the average crop heights and yields were … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2007 · 7,878 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordNondestructive Test Using a 3D Computer Vision System for Damage Detection of StructuresTaylor M.V. Szeto, Sun YiStructures that do not have a definitive map nor a clearly known state of health may exist underground, beyond our reach and in unsuitable environments. Nuclear facilities contain underground tunnels that exhaust hazardous gases. Industry has miles of sewage lines beneath it that emit flammable and toxic gases. Regular inspection and maintenance is an essential part of failure prevention, however, … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 2 Jun 2018 · 8,257 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordFattening Performance of Bulls of three Breeds Fattened Semi-Intensively in the Kostanay RegionIndira Aitzhanova, Doskali K. Naimanov, Bartosz Miciński et al.The aim of this study was to determine the effect of cattle breed on carcass traits and meat quality of bulls fattened semi-intensively and slaughtered at 18 months of age. The animals were divided into three experimental groups: Group AA - 16 Angus bulls, group WK - 19 Kazakh White headed bulls, group AK - 20 Kazakh Aulie-Ata bulls. All … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 17, Issue 3 · 7 Jul 2017 · 7,438 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordIntegrated Modeling Framework for Highway Traffic Pollution Estimation and DispersionShu Yang, Yao-Jan Wu, John WoolschlagerAir quality is of great concern to the public. Airborne pollutants, such as carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2) and Particulate Matter (PM), negatively impact people’s living conditions. In particular, vehicular exhaust is a major source of these pollutants. Extensive previous research has contributed to modeling traffic pollutant emission. Popular approaches include computational simulation-based methods, which have been dominant in … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 3 · 13 May 2016 · 7,434 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordA NEW-THRESHOLD BASED JOB SCHEDULING FOR GRID SYSTEML. RamaparvathyIn heterogeneous distributed systems, utility grids have emerged as a new model of service. In this service, workflow scheduling is one of the challenging problems for satisfying user’s quality requirements. One of the main issues in work flow scheduling is to minimize the workflow execution cost in terms of time and makespan. In this study, we propose a new workflow … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 6 · 3 Feb 2014 · 6,785 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordCONSTRAINT INFORMATIVE RULES FOR GENETIC ALGORITHM-BASED WEB PAGE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS. Prince Mary, E. BaburajTo predict the users navigation using web usage mining is the primary motto of the web page recommendation. Currently, researchers are trying to develop a web page recommendation using pattern mining technique. Here, we propose a technique for web page recommendation using genetic algorithm. It consists of three phases as data preparation, mining of informative rules and recommendation. The data … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 11 · 5 Oct 2013 · 6,670 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordPlan, do, Study, Act Cycles, as an Alternate to Action Research for Clinically Based InquiryBernadette Ivy Eather, Mary Elizabeth Chiarella, Judith DonoghueAction Research has long been the method of choice when undertaking research in clinical practice improvement. It is a method aimed at engendering ownership by the participants in order to sustain practice change. Plan, Do, Study, Act cycles (PDSA) also provide a cyclical approach to clinical practice improvement research and focus the clinical team around a specific problem. Through focus … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 11 Sep 2013 · 18,433 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordReliability Centered Maintenance in Schedule Improvement of Automotive Assembly IndustryRizauddin Ramli, Mohammad Nizam ArffinProblem statement: Today, in many automotive manufacturing companies, maintenance management is an important factor to maintain the plant operation and production equipments. Approach: In this study, we present an implementation of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) practice in one of the automotive manufacturing company in Malaysia. The RCM practice was used to assist the company in focusing their maintenance activities based … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 8 · 27 Jun 2012 · 7,974 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordWetland Ontology Modeling to Apply the Context-Aware Technology for Application Service EnvironmentJ. I. Gwi-Hwan, O. H. Ryum-DuckProblem statement: Due to recent advances in the IT industry, the importance of ontology has increased as a tool of knowledge representation at home or abroad for implementation of intelligent and personalized service system such as next generation semantic web environment and ubiquitous computing environment. But, although the importance of wetlands are being recognized, systematic management is still not enough … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 13 Jan 2012 · 6,970 accessesView PDFCite