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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOn Calculating Activity Slack in Stochastic Project NetworksGary MitchellProblem statement: Identifying critical tasks in a project network is easily done when task times are deterministic, but doing so under stochastic task times is problematic. The few methods that have been proposed contain serious drawbacks which lead to identifying critical tasks incorrectly, leaving project managers without the means to (1) identify and rank the most probable sources of project … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 8,227 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractExplaining Local Growth-Management Policies: The Role of Public GoodsDonna Driscoll, Dennis Halcoussis, Anton D. LowenbergProblem statement: Local jurisdictions such as cities and counties enact a wide variety of growth-management regulations, such as zoning ordinances and growth-promoting incentives. Approach: Use a theory of local public goods to identify the conditions under which jurisdictions are most likely to implement growth-management regulations. Predictions of the theory regarding variation in pro-growth measures across jurisdictions were tested using data … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 7,384 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRelationship between Affordances in the Home Environment and Motor Development in Children Age 18-42 MonthsAlireza Haydari, Parviz Askari, Maryam Zarra NezhadProblem statement: Environmental stimulation plays a critical role in optimal human development during the early stages of life and an optimal level (of development) occurs with strong contextual support. It is well accepted among develop mentalists that motor-perceptual-and cognitive development are fundamentally interrelated. This suggests that status of motor development is an important factor in overall child well-being. The objectives … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2009 · 9,624 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOptimization Techniques for Variable Selection in Binary Logistic Regression Model Applied to Desire for Children DataS. K. Sarkar, Habshah MidiProblem statement: The population problem is the biggest problem in the world. In the global and regional context, Bangladesh population has drawn considerable attention of the social scientists, policy makers and international organizations. Bangladesh is now world’s 10th populous country having about 140 million people. The recent experience of Bangladesh shows that fertility can sustain impressive declines even when women’s … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2009 · 7,095 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCognitive and Non-Cognitive Characteristics as Determinants of Success in Professional Courses at Undergraduate StageZebun Nisa KhanProblem statement: Professional education is the principle means of the developing the human resource. Students who do not perform well in professional courses are not in any way better than those who do not have professional knowledge, because their chances of employment and efficient working are bleak. The present study attempted to examine success in different professional courses at undergraduate … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2009 · 8,414 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA New Block Method for Special Third Order Ordinary Differential EquationsB. T. Olabode, Y. YusuphA linear multistep method for the direct solution of initial value problems of ordinary differential equations was presented in this article. Collocation approximation method was adopted in the derivation of the scheme and then the scheme was applied as simultaneous integrator to special third order initial value problem of ordinary differential equations. The new block method possessed the desirable feature … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2009 · 7,707 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMortality among HIV-Infected Patients in Resource Limited Settings: A Case Controlled Analysis of Inpatients at a Community Care CenterNirmala Rajagopalan, Joyce B. Suchitra, Anita Shet et al.Problem statement: Despite massive national efforts to scale up Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) access in India since 2004, the AIDS death rate was 17.2 per 100,000 persons during 2003-2005. In the era of HAART in resource poor settings, it is imperative to understand and address the causes of AIDS related mortality. This collaborative study aimed at defining the predictors of mortality … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2009 · 7,661 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOn the Predictability of Risk Box Approach by Genetic Programming Method for Bankruptcy PredictionAlireza Bahiraie, Noor Akma bt Ibrahim, A. K.M. AzharProblem statement: Theoretical based data representation is an important tool for model selection and interpretations in bankruptcy analysis since the numerical representation are much less transparent. Some methodological problems concerning financial ratios such as non-proportionality, non-asymetricity, non-scalicity are solved in this study and we presented a complementary technique for empirical analysis of financial ratios and bankruptcy risk. Approach: This study … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2009 · 7,948 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Assessment of Blasting Vibrations: A Case Study on Quarry OperationAlessandro Giraudi, Marilena Cardu, Vladislav KecojevicProblem statement: One of the major environmental concerns related to blasting operation in mining and civil engineering projects is ground vibration. Approach: This study presented an assessment of ground vibrations caused by the blasting experiments at a marlstone quarry in northern Italy. The primary goal of this study was to determine the vibration level in order to protect dwelling area … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 31 Aug 2009 · 6,998 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffective Factors on Iranian Consumers Behavior in Internet Shopping: A Soft Computing ApproachMaryam Ghasemaghaei, Bahram Ranjbarian, S. Amirhassan MonadjemiProblem statement: Nowadays, the Internet is increasingly becoming the fastest growing shopping channel in these days. Moreover, it has been predicted that the city of Isfahan in Iran will experience a sharp increase in the Internet and the Web usage in the next decade. However, the factors affect the shopping of different products via the Internet have received a little … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2009 · 7,326 accessesView PDFCite