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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Computable General Equilibrium Model of Southern Region in Taiwan: The Impact of the Tainan Science-Based Industrial ParkChun-Chu Liu, Chia-Yon ChenThe primary modeling tools used to analyze regional economic issues include econometric forecasting models, fixed price Input-Output (I-O) multi-sector models, Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models. CGE models combine the advantages of econometric, I-O models and SAM strengthening the theoretical basis of the modeling effort and thus enabling more precise policy analysis. The current CGE literature … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2004 · 7,210 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNovel Scheme for Enhancing Storage Management and Performance and Saving Energy of Mobile Cloud ComputingAli A. Yassin, Abdulla J. Yassin, Abdullah Mohammed Rashid, Ahmed A. AlkadhmaweeModern industries for smart mobile devices, such as smartphones, provide end users with interactive features that consider network accessibility, computation performance, storage usage, energy saving and limited battery resources. The combination of cloud and mobile computing capabilities has introduced a new technology called Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC), which has extended smartphones and modern mobile devices beyond their core capacities. Many … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 5 · 9 May 2019 · 7,871 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWebsite Usability Evaluation of Nonprofit Organizations: An Exploratory Study of Saudi ArabiaSaqib SaeedCommunity informatics discourse can be termed as a computing community’s response to the social responsibility initiative, which is looking at the technological support to improve communities. Nonprofit organizations are an important part of any society, so recently there are many studies on technologically supporting this segment of society. Saudi Arabia has a huge presence of nonprofit organizations, so in the … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 3 · 13 Mar 2019 · 8,118 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractElection in Malaysia and Indigenization of DemocracyKartini Aboo Talib @ Khalid, Shamsul A.B, Suraiya IshakElection and democracy have coexisted but the Western interpretations of democracy though dominant, yet contestable. In a democracy, election serves as a tool to elect representatives. Election is held regularly to avoid power absolutism. However, democracy is conceived differently due to history, society and local contexts. In Malaysia, democracy and elections were introduced during the undemocratic colonial period in the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 27 Aug 2018 · 8,137 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBiometric Gait Recognition Based on Machine Learning AlgorithmsMohamed SayedIt is crucial to find methods that analyze large amount of data captured by cameras and/or various sensors installed all around us. Machine learning becomes a prevailing tool in analyzing such data that signifies behavioral characteristics of human beings. Gait as an identifier for use in individual recognition systems has respective and almost certainly unique key features for each person … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 14, Issue 7 · 6 Aug 2018 · 8,984 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Evolution of Women's Political Participation in Various Public Offices in JordanAmal Mohummad Ali El Kharouf, Mohummad Al-JribiaThe study aimed at identifying the evolution of political participation of Jordanian women by monitoring their effective participation during the past decades in the State's legislative and executive authorities. It also aimed at tracing milestones taken towards women's quota law and motives that urge women to run for elections and factors that affect their winning. The study concluded that Jordan … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 4 Jan 2017 · 8,183 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDevelopment of Islamic Society Based on Majelis Ta’lim: A Study of the Shifting Role of the Majelis Ta’lim in West JavaAgus Ahmad SafeiAs a religious institution that has focused on the propagation of Islam (tabligh), the Majelis Ta’lim, particularly the branches in West Java, faces no small challenge. First, the Majelis Ta’lim is charged with implementing breakthroughs to preserve organizational existence as well as undertaking self-development to achieve a better state. Second, the Majelis Ta’lim is faced with the challenge of contributing … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 9 · 6 Sep 2016 · 8,774 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractExploring the Inadequacy of Pertinent Capacities for Urban Flood Risk Management in the Developing CountriesNkwunonwo Ugonna Chimnonyerem, Chiemelu Emmanuel Ndukwe, Nkwunonwo Ugochi AdannayaOf all the widespread natural hazards with large scale human, economic and environmental impacts, flooding surpasses. In the urban areas, the threats of this hazard are substantial and call for ever more attention, which, within the contexts of sustainable human and urban development, is increasingly an important problem in social science research. Urban flooding is a relatively new hazard phenomenon, … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 3 · 18 Aug 2016 · 7,828 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBIS-CATTLE: A Web Server for Breed Identification using Microsatellite DNA MarkersSarika Jaiswal, Sandeep Kumar Dhanda, M. A. Iquebal et al.Domestic cow, Bos taurus is one of the important species selected by humans for various traits, viz. milk yield, meat quality, draft ability, resistance to disease and pests and social and religious reasons. Since cattle domestication from Neolithic (8,000-10,000 years ago) today the population has reached 1.5 billion and further it’s likely to be 2.6 billion by 2050. High magnitude … …Current Research in Bioinformatics, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 23 Jan 2016 · 9,310 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRetrospecting National Unity, Safety and Security in India: Foraging an United NationhoodSambeet Satapathy, Sandeep SatapathyUnlike many other developing nations India experiences a unique spatio-temporal cultural, economic, political diversity both natural and manmade. It is thus important to understand the source of national identity, the centripetal force that has held all the elements together. Historically exposure to various unifying forces in form of kingdoms and empires both native and foreign has contributed much to its … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 1 · 11 Nov 2015 · 7,826 accessesView PDFCite