Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAntecedents and Outcomes of Organisational Commitment among Malaysian EngineersRajendran Muthuveloo, Raduan Che RoseThis study explores the major factors contributing to organizational commitment among engineers in Malaysia. It identifies the effects of certain antecedents on organizational commitment and evaluates the impact of organizational commitment to organizational outcomes. From the literature review, a theoretical foundation for the study was compiled and two hypotheses were established. Firstly, positive employee perception leads to higher organizational commitment. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2005 · 7,488 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Investigation of the Relationship among Analyst Following, Managerial Ownership and Firm Valuation: From the Perspective of Agency TheoryI. J. ChenIn this study, the relationship among analyst following, managerial ownership and firm valuation is investigated from the perspective of agency theory by using a nonlinear simultaneous equation model. The data from the Taiwan stock market verify the proposed hypotheses with a nonlinear three-stage least-square procedure. The empirical results show that managerial ownership (serving an internal monitoring function) and number of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 7,031 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractQUANTUM APPROACH TO THE GRAVITATIONAL WAVESSebastiano TostoThe study proposes a quantum approach to explain existence and main features of the gravitational waves radiated by an isolated two body orbiting system. The quantum eigenvalues of such a system are calculated with the help of the space-time quantum uncertainty, without additional hypotheses via an “ab initio” model. The approach is deliberately non-relativistic: The model does not implement any … …Physics International, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 6 Jan 2014 · 7,017 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Cost Advantage of Sicilian Wine FarmsSalvatore Tudisca, Anna Maria Di Trapani, Filippo Sgroi, Riccardo TestaThis study presents the results of research carried out on a Sicilian wine farm in order to demonstrate the economic convenience of the mechanized harvest. After the determination of the minimum optimal farm size that justifies the introduction of grape harvester in the farm, it has been estimated production cost and the relative profitability of two wine grape cultivars (Chardonnay … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 12 · 18 Oct 2013 · 7,176 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Hidden Genetic Layer Based Neural Network for Mobility PredictionL. Velmurugan, P. ThangarajProblem statement: With numerous wireless devices increasingly connecting to the internet, WLAN infrastructure planning becomes very important to maintain desired quality of services. For maintaining desired quality of service it is desirable to know the movement pattern of users. Mobility prediction involves finding the mobile device's next access point as it moves through the wireless network. Hidden Markov models and … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 4 · 11 Feb 2012 · 7,224 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractComplete Convergence of Exchangeable SequencesGeorge StoicaWe prove that exchangeable sequences converge completely in the Baum-Katz sense under the same conditions as i.i.d. sequences do. Problem statement: The research was needed as the rate of convergence in the law of large numbers for exchangeable sequences was previously obtained under restricted hypotheses. Approach: We applied powerful techniques involving inequalities for independent sequences of random variables. Results: We … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 18 May 2011 · 7,741 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAccurate Iris Segmentation Method for Non-Cooperative Iris Recognition SystemAbdulsamad Ebrahim Yahya, Md Jan NordinProblem statement: Iris segmentation is one of the most important steps in iris recognition system and determines the accuracy of matching. Most segmentation methods in the literature assumed that the inner and outer boundaries of the iris were circular. Hence, they focus on determining model parameters that best fit these hypotheses. This is a source of error, since the iris … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 6, Issue 5 · 31 May 2010 · 6,976 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Impact of CRM on the Customer Satisfaction in Agricultural BankMohammad Ali Sarlak, Rasool Sanavi FardProblem statement: There is much research on this subject, but none of them is about the use of customer relationship management for boosting the bank customer satisfaction. While we have not any study about customer satisfaction in Agricultural Bank especially in Qom providence. Approach: The research method was applied one and from viewpoint of the process, was considered to be … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 8,179 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Numerical Test on the Riemann Hypothesis with ApplicationsN. K. Oladejo, I. A. AdetundeProblem statement: The Riemann hypothesis involves two products of the zeta function ζ(s) which are: Prime numbers and the zeros of the zeta function ζ(s). It states that the zeros of a certain complex-valued function ζ (s) of a complex number s ≠ 1 all have a special form, which may be trivial or non trivial. Zeros at the negative … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2009 · 7,859 accessesView PDFCite