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EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractBig Data and Parkinson’s Disease - from Understanding of Disease to Personalised MedicineYen F. Tai, Nicola PaveseThe advancement of information technology in recent years has generated a huge amount of datasets in all areas of scientific research. This has led to new opportunities to harness the 'Big Data' to improve our understanding of diseases - from investigating disease mechanisms to monitoring treatment responses. The Big Data approach is a data-driven and often hypothesis-free, way of studying … …Neuroscience International, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 27 Jul 2016 · 7,755 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAdaptive Classification Method Based on Data DecompositionAyman E. Khedr, Amira M. Idrees, Ahmed I. El SeddawyKnowledge discovery is one of the vital fields which strongly supports decision making by applying different techniques based on the targeted field and the required information. Focusing on clustering and classification techniques, this paper presents an approach for adapting one of the classification algorithms for supporting decision making procedure in radiology data analysis field. The proposed adaptation is based on … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 12, Issue 1 · 20 Feb 2016 · 7,423 accessesView PDF Cite

EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractUse of Design of Experiments and Manuscripts Rejection RateAydin Berenjian, Jason RyanTraditional one-variable-at-a-time method was and still is for some researchers, the general procedure to determine the optimal conditions for a chemical, biochemical or biological mechanism. According to this technique, a large number of experiments should be performed to obtain a high precision in effect assessment and also the interaction among the variables cannot be defined. To overcome the limitations of … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 8 Jun 2015 · 7,167 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDETECTION OF PROSAPOSIN AND MATURE SAPOSINS IN GOAT MILKAndrea Robertson Byers, Salam Ibrahim, Mulumebet WorkuIncreased scientific knowledge related to the nutritional, functional and biological activities and health benefits of goat milk is needed to further promote goat farming, goat milk and traditional or innovative neutraceuticals as a basis for socio-economic benefit. Identification and characterization of milk derived Prosaposin is essential to development of neutraceuticals from goat milk that maybe beneficial to human health. The … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 4 · 11 Nov 2014 · 6,991 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTHORIA EHANCEMENT OF NUCLEAR REACTOR SAFETYBarbara Szpunar, Jerzy SzpunarThe recent nuclear accident in Fukushima demonstrates that a nuclear mishap should be viewed using interdisciplinary tools. For example, the urania fuel melts not only because of enhanced neutron flux but also because its thermal conductivity degrades when it oxidizes. Here we present the application of first principles calculations to evaluate the structural, mechanical and thermal properties of traditional urania … …Physics International, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 20 Dec 2013 · 7,632 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRISK ANALYSIS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: A PRACTICAL SELECTION METHODOLOGYAlberto De Marco, Muhammad Jamaluddin ThaheemProject Risk Management (PRM) is gaining attention from researchers and practitioners in the form of sophisticated tools and techniques to help construction managers perform risk management. However, the large variety of techniques has made selecting an appropriate solution a complex and risky task in itself. Accordingly, this study proposes a practical framework methodology to assist construction project managers and practitioners … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 28 Nov 2013 · 9,193 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractReligious Dogma without Religious FundamentalismErik Daniel BaldwinProblem statement: New Atheists and Anti-Theists (such as Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, Christopher Hutchins) affirm that there is a strong connection between being a traditional theist and being a religious fundamentalist who advocates violence, terrorism, and war. They are especially critical of Islam. On the contrary, I argue that, when correctly understood, religious dogmatic belief, present in Judaism, … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 28 Jan 2012 · 8,275 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPrevalence Study of Coxiella burnetii in Aborted Ovine and Caprine Fetuses by Evaluation of Nested and Real-Time PCR AssaysFarhad Safarpoor DehkordiProblem statement: Q fever is a ubiquitous zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii, an obligate intracellular rickettsial organism that caused abortion and stillbirth in ruminants. Approach: The prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in Iran is essentially unknown. Its traditional diagnosis is based on culture, serology and conventional PCR. In this present study, for more sensitive and accurate detection and prevalence's determination of … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 13 Jan 2012 · 8,994 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIntegrating Life Cycle Assessment and Other Tools for Ex Ante Integrated Sustainability Assessment in the Minerals IndustryDeborah J Shields, Gian Andrea Blengini, Slavko V. SolarProblem statement: The minerals industry is faced with choices beginning in the exploration phase and extending over the life cycle of mine. Firms examine the technical feasibility of alternative actions and typically rank them based on economic performance. Increasingly firms also consider alternatives' contribution to sustainable development. Approach: Sustainable decision making before investment (ex ante decisions) should incorporate a broad … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 11 · 10 Oct 2011 · 7,894 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUnidentified Corpses: Development of Management Model in Charity Organizations of Chinese-Thai PeopleOrasa Pholpanga, Souneth Phothisane, Kosit PaengsoiProblem statement: Management model on indentified corpses in charity organizations of Chinese-Thai people was consisted of committee members from various agencies to manage in overall and to solve all occurred problems. Approach: This study proposed the study on model of cremation management on unidentified corpses in charity organizations of Chinese-Thai people. The study was a research and development by using … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 19 Sep 2011 · 7,245 accessesView PDF Cite