Case ReportOpen accessIn the abstractEnergy Positive Futures: A Critical Overview of Energy Plus BuildingsErdem CuceEnergy Plus Buildings (EPBs) represent a transformative leap in sustainable architecture by producing more energy than they consume annually. As nations commit to net-zero targets and climate resilience, EPBs serve as living laboratories for integrating renewable energy, energy-efficient systems, and smart technologies. This editorial synthesises current advancements, policy frameworks, and technological integrations enabling EPBs. It also critically examines the barriers, … …Energy Research Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 8 Jan 2026 · 2,929 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTransportation EngineeringRelly Victoria V. Petrescu, Raffaella Aversa, Antonio Apicella, Florian Ion T. PetrescuThe shipments were absolutely necessary at all times, but still have polluted and damaged the environment. The technique of transport or the engineering of transport is the application of the principles of technology and scientific findings to the planning, design check, operation and plan management for any mode of transport, in order to ensure that the conditions of safety, efficiency, … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 3 · 20 Jul 2017 · 8,676 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRoles of Macroeconomic Variables on Agricultural Diversification in NigeriaSunday B. Akpan, Samuel J. Udoka, Inimfon V. PatrickThe study examined the trend in agricultural diversification index from 1960 to 2014 in Nigeria. It also determined the influence of some macroeconomic variables on the estimated index. Augmented Dickey-Fuller-GLS unit root test showed that all series were integrated of order one. The long-run and short-run elasticity of the agricultural diversification index with respect to the specified macro-economic variables were … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 9 Jul 2015 · 7,491 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORYAnna Maria Di Trapani, Riccardo Squatrito, Mario Foderà et al.Over the last years the interest in environmental services provided by forests has considerably grow. This situation, in developed countries, derive from rising demand of new goods and services tied to landscape use and leisure activities. These can be considered such as no woody products and they represent externalities produced by forest that, if suitably utilized, could produce value for … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 5 · 22 Oct 2014 · 22,486 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractRECENT TRENDS AND CHALLENGES OF ENERGY EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGSChiara BedonAccording to several studies (e.g., the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2014), the US Energy Information Administration (US EIA, 2014), warming of the climate system is unequivocal and mainly derives from greenhouse gas emissions due to human activities. Global Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels, for example, are estimated to be 29% higher in 2035 than they were … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 11 Sep 2014 · 8,497 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSECURITY BREACH IN TRADING SYSTEM-COUNTERMEASURE USING IPTRACEBACKM. P. Rajakumar, V. ShanthiRecently, economic scenario is often facing security breach that has heavy impact on the financial soundness of a company particularly, stock prices on firms. The utmost consequence being the whole business comes to a standstill. From the estimates attributed by the financial sector, it has been inferred that the loss incurred on virus and worms attack is said to have … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 17 Jan 2014 · 6,679 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractModeling Malaysia's Energy System: Some Preliminary ResultsAhmad Mohd. YusofProblem statement: The current dynamic and fragile world energy environment necessitates the development of new energy model that solely caters to analyze Malaysia’s energy scenarios. Approach: The model is a network flow model that traces the flow of energy carriers from its sources (import and mining) through some conversion and transformation processes for the production of energy products to final … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 9 · 13 Aug 2011 · 7,250 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Legalization of an Informal Health SectorRoger Lee MendozaProblem statement: The Philippines--a developing Southeast Asian country--exemplifies the co-existence of Western-oriented, medical science and indigenous, non-allopathic practices collectively known as Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). The purpose of this study is to determine why and how the economics and politics of CAM’s integration with biomedical science could impede the achievement of health care redistribution in developing countries like the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 10,019 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordImproving Classification and Clustering Accuracy of Palembang Duku Fruit Quality via CNN-K-Means IntegrationHenny Hartono, Francka Sakti Lee, Herlina Herlina et al.Duku Palembang (Lansium domesticum Corr.) is a leading commodity from South Sumatra with high economic value. The quality assessment process for duku has traditionally relied on manual visual inspection, which is subjective, time-consuming, and inconsistent, especially at large production scales. This study proposes an integrative framework combining Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and K-Means Clustering to improve the accuracy of classification … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 26, Issue 2 · 8 May 2026 · 1,475 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordImpact of Financial Globalization on Banking RisksLarisa Yuzvovich, Elena Knyazeva, Natalia Mokeeva et al.Financial globalization definitely has an overall effect on globalization in the banking sector. This is reflected in averaging of banking risks for all parties, which occurs due to the impact of the markets, economies, private corporations and monopolies as well as states on each other. As a result, just the opposite priorities in monetary policy may have the same beneficial … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 4 · 19 Apr 2016 · 8,555 accessesView PDFCite