46 articles for “term reduction”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUS Foreign Policy and Aid to the Peace CorpsDonald D.A. SchaeferProblem statement: This study examined foreign aid as administered by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) through four presidencies, beginning with the Reagan era. Aid dispensed to the Peace Corps for humanitarian purposes was the major focus of the investigation. The research proposed that such aid should continue under the President Barack Obama administration. Approach: The approach taken used … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 8,053 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIn vitro and In vivo Antioxidant Activity of Aphanamixis polystachya BarkAlluri V. Krishnaraju, Chirravuri V. Rao, Tayi V.N. Rao et al.Problem statement: Free radical stress leads to tissue injury and progression of disease conditions such as arthritis, hemorrhagic shock, atherosclerosis, diabetes, hepatic injury, aging and ischemia, reperfusion injury of many tissues, gastritis, tumor promotion, neurodegenerative diseases and carcinogenesis. Safer antioxidants suitable for long term use are needed to prevent or stop the progression of free radical mediated disorders. Approach: Many … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 8,734 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Study on Suction-rainfall Response of a Cut Slope in Unsaturated Residual Soil Using a Field Rain SimulatorBujang B.K. Huat, Faisal Hj. Ali, S. MariappanThis research describes the design and construction of an artificial rain simulator system and the results obtained with regards to suction-rainfall response of a cut slope in unsaturated residual soil of weathered sandstone of various weathering grades. From the field measurements, the shallow tensiometers are found to record an immediate initial increase in matric suction within the first 20 min … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 7,271 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffects of Salmonella typhimurium Challenge on Swine Growth, Nitrogen Balance, Insulin-like Growth Factor-I, and Acute Phase ProteinsJ.A. Loughmiller, S.S. Dritz, J.L. Nelssen et al.Growing barrows were used to determine the effects of an en teric disease challenge on nutrient balance, growth, acute phase proteins, and IGF-I. Pigs were challenged on d 0 with Salmonella typhimurium (S; N=21), or unchallenged and fed ad libitum (A; n=6), or unchallenged and pair-fed the same amount of feed as a challenged pig (P; n=8). Blood was collected … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2007 · 7,552 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordForecasting of Multistep Multivariate Financial Data Through GSO Algorithm Infused Vanilla LSTM ModelNikhitha Pai, Ilango Velchamy, Nithya B RameshPredicting time series in the financial domain requires using models that can do sequence processing tasks. One such model is the LSTM model which belongs to the family of deep learning networks. The performance measure of LSTM in a regression task is to bring down the error in the predicted values. In this study, a novel fused LSTM model integrating … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 19, Issue 7 · 10 Jul 2023 · 6,074 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordGrain Size Distribution Characteristics Variation in Oily Contaminated Sandy Soils Due to Long Term Aging Effect in Al-Ahmadi Field at KuwaitHumoud Melfi Aldaihani, Fahad A. Alotaibi, Farraj F. Al-ajmiAlmost three decades on, the negative environmental impacts arising from the burning of over 600 oil wells in Kuwait following the 1991 Gulf War are still evident. At the time of the incident, the Kuwaiti desert region became polluted with hydrocarbon, with a number of ‘oil lakes’ forming, causing critical harm to local land. This paper discusses the shifts in … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 15, Issue 10 · 23 Nov 2018 · 8,409 accessesView PDF Cite