EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractCommentary-How do we Improve Training for Receptor Research?Marilee Ann BenoreThis issue of the American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology features articles about receptor-ligand interactions that are critical to the wellbeing of all living organisms. The importance of the field of receptor research is supported by the large number of articles published in journals, the numerous specialty journals, the international conferences and the percentage of legal drugs on the market … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 11, Issue 4 · 8 Dec 2015 · 8,056 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractNeutrophil Extracellular Traps as Therapeutic Targets for Inflammatory DiseaseRory R. KoenenNeutrophilic granulocytes, or neutrophils are the most abundant circulating white blood cell and constitute a first line of defense against pathogens. They are characterized by a large polymorphic lobular nucleus and the presence of many secretory granules in their cytoplasm. Neutrophils are essential for a functional host defense, as is evidenced by the occurrence of severe infections in individuals with … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 9, Issue 4 · 25 Feb 2015 · 8,737 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPersonality Traits and Exposure to Stressful Life Events Among Smokers and NonsmokersNataša Šimić, Arta Dodaj, Kristina SesarEarly studies supposed that personality traits and students’ life, which include brings many social and academic changes, may be relevant factors in initiation and maintenance of smoking. The aims of this study were to investigate differences in personality dimensions, as well as exposure to stressful life events among students’ smokers and nonsmokers and finally to examine the predictive contribution of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 4 · 7 Jan 2015 · 7,552 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE STATES BEFORE AND AFTER THE AMERICAN CIVIL WARVasanthakumar N. BhatEven though, the American Civil War is considered as a seminal event in the history of the United States, there are not many empirical studies examining economic conditions of the Union and the Confederate states. Even though, economic conflict is not considered to be a cause of the Civil War, economic conditions after the war were vastly different in the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 3 · 4 Dec 2014 · 8,153 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDOES FRAMING AFFECT RISK ATTITUDE? EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM CREDIT MARKETDmitry Vladimirovich BurakovIn this article we study the effect of framing on the attitude of lenders toward risk over a credit cycle and also review potential causes of negative framing when making decisions. Using an experimental setting, we present evidence of frame of losses’ significant impact on willingness to accept credit risk: In comparison with frame of gains, willingness to accept credit … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 2 Jan 2014 · 6,718 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSELECTION OF ONTOLOGY FOR WEB SERVICE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE TO ONTOLOGY WEB LANGUAGE CONVERSIONJ. Mannar Mannan, M. Sundarambal, S. RaghulSemantic web is to extend the current human readable web to encoding some of the semantic of resources in a machine processing form. As a Semantic web component, Semantic Web Services (SWS) uses a mark-up that makes the data into detailed and sophisticated machine readable way. One such language is Ontology Web Language (OWL). Existing conventional web service annotation can … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 1 · 12 Nov 2013 · 6,440 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDYNAMICAL 3-SPACE: NEO-LORENTZ RELATIVITYReginald Thomas CahillThe major extant relativity theories-Galileo’s Relativity (GaR), Lorentz’s Relativity (LR) and Einstein’s Special Relativity (SR), with the latter much celebrated, while the LR is essentially ignored. Indeed it is often incorrectly claimed that SR and LR are experimentally indistinguishable. Here we show that (i) SR and LR are experimentally distinguishable, (ii) that comparison of gas-mode Michelson interferometer experiments with spacecraft … …Physics International, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 17 Jul 2013 · 6,897 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPrivacy Preserved Collaborative Secure Multiparty Data MiningM. Balamurugan, J. Bhuvana, S. Chenthur PandianProblem statement: In the current modern business environment, its success is defined by collaboration, team efforts and partnership, rather than lonely spectacular individual efforts in isolation. So the collaboration becomes especially important because of the mutual benefit it brings. Sometimes, such collaboration even occurs among competitors, or among companies that have conflict of interests, but the collaborators are aware that … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 6 · 16 Mar 2012 · 7,161 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Adult Educator of Immigrants as an Intercultural ConsultantAthina A. Sipitanou, Alexandra S. FoukidouProblem statement: Inspired by this multi-cultural situation in Greece and the need of immigrants for participation in adult education, this article examines an aspect of the Adult Educator who has to develop intercultural techniques in the frame of his role in order to become an Intercultural consultant. Therefore the aim of this study is to examine specific characteristics that define … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 5 Mar 2012 · 8,697 accessesView PDFCite