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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesSelection of Festival Planners: Application of Modified Delphi Method and Analytic Hierarchy ProcessHan-Chen Huang, Su-Ling Wu, Pei-Ying Wu, Chien-Hua LiThere are more than one million festivals regularly held every year around the world. They not only create enormous economic benefits, but have also become a new global industry. Festival activities can attract many visitors and enhance regional development in a short time. The festival is an important trend to develop tourism. In Taiwan and foreign countries, various types of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 1 · 22 Dec 2015 · 7,839 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesUsing the Analytic Hierarchy Process to Establish a Tour Guide Selection and Evaluation ModelHan-Chen Huang, Su-Ling Wu, I-Ying Chang, Pei-Ling LiuThis study aims to examine the criteria for the selection of tour guides, in order to help travel agencies in Taiwan selecting suitable tour guides with a more objective and consistent approach. A tour guide is the life and soul of an organized tour, as well as an important key for the success of the tour. Following the acquisition of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 4 · 11 Nov 2015 · 7,379 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesConstruction of Decision-Making Model to Select Incentive Tour Travel AgenciesHan-Chen Huang, Pei-Ying Wu, Su-Ling Wu, Chin-Yuan WuIncentive Tour is a business trip that aims to enhance corporate cohesion, reinforce corporate culture and develop or strengthen the market. The subjects include employees, suppliers, distributors, etc. The Incentive Tour of enterprises is different from general group tours and becomes one of the mainstream methods to stimulate employees. However, few studies probed into the manipulation of the Incentive Tour … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 10 · 22 Oct 2015 · 6,716 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesUSER RECOMMENDATION ALGORITHM IN SOCIAL TAGGING SYSTEM BASED ON HYBRID USER TRUSTWong Pei Voon, Norwati Mustapha, Nasir SulaimanWith the rapid growth of web 2.0 technologies, tagging become much more important today to facilitate personal organization and also provide a possibility for users to search information or discover new things with Collaborative Tagging Systems. However, the simplistic and user-centered design of this kind of systems cause the task of finding personally interesting users is becoming quite out of … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 8 · 5 Jul 2013 · 7,550 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesA Preliminary Investigation of the Adversity Reading in Archaic WEI PassivesJun-Yu Zhang, Pei-Jung KuoProblem statement: It is well-known that modern Chinese imposes such a requirement on the subject in the BEI passive, but in fact it does not hold tightly in Modern Chinese. Only 50-75% of passives have the adversity reading on the subject. Approach: One approach to explain this phenomenon is to adopt the view of grammaticalization and trace the semantic change … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 8 Aug 2012 · 7,594 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesThe Effect of Learning Styles on Learning Strategy Use by EFL LearnersWeng Pei-ShiProblem statement: Strategies play a significant role in assisting learners with developing language competence. During the past few years, numbers of studies demonstrated the importance of learning strategies in language learning. Approach: Positive relationship between strategy use and reading comprehension was presented and the differences of strategy use between successful and less successful learners were highly discussed in much research. … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 29 Feb 2012 · 9,733 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesAntidepressant-Like Activity of Banana Peel Extract in MiceTan Pei Tee, Halijah HassanProblem statement: Depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, feeling guilty, low selfesteem, sleep disturbance, loss of appetite, low energy and poor concentration are the characteristics of depression. This common mental disorder can occur in anyone regardless of genders, ages and backgrounds. People counteract it with psychotherapy and medications. Alternatively, some patients use herbal remedies as treatments. Recently, natural herbal … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 1 Oct 2011 · 18,671 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesSolving Directly Two Point Non Linear Boundary Value Problems Using Direct Adams Moulton MethodZanariah Abdul Majid, Phang Pei See, Mohamed SuleimanProblem statement: In this study, a direct method of Adams Moulton type was developed for solving non linear two point Boundary Value Problems (BVPs) directly. Most of the existence researches involving BVPs will reduced the problem to a system of first order Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs). This approach is very well established but it obviously will enlarge the systems of … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 18 May 2011 · 7,882 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesSummarizing Spatial Distribution Density, Movement Patterns and Food Resources to Study the Impacts of Logging and Forest Conversion on Orang-utan PopulationRaymond Alfred, Koh Pei Hue, Lee Shan Khee, Rayner AlfredProblem statement: Orang-utan is classified as a totally protected species and is listed as an endangered species in Borneo. The survival of this species is highly dependent on the existence and quality of the lowland forest of Sabah. However, most of the pristine habitats in the lowland area have been converted into other land use activities such as a large … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 31 Oct 2010 · 8,184 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesTartaric Acid Modified Rice Hull as a Sorbent for Methylene Blue RemovalSiew-Teng Ong, Pei-Sin Keng, Ai-Wen Chong et al.Problem statement: Improper dye discharge from various industries such as textile, paper, cosmetic and plastics into receiving streams can be one of the sources towards water pollution. The release of these effluents not only causes various disruptions in the ecosystems, but also poses hazard effect as most of the dyes are highly toxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic in nature. Approach: To … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Jun 2010 · 7,151 accessesView PDFCite