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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAUTOMATIC MUSIC EMOTION CLASSIFICATION USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED ON VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL SOUND TIMBRESMudiana Binti Mokhsin, Nurlaila Binti Rosli, Suzana Zambri et al.Detecting emotion features in a song remains as a challenge in various area of research especially in Music Emotion Classification (MEC). In order to classify selected song with certain mood or emotion, the algorithms of the machine learning must be intelligent enough to learn the data features as to match the features accordingly to the accurate emotion. Until now, there … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 12 · 29 Dec 2014 · 8,532 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POSITIVE PATIENT EXPERIENCE IN ACUTE HOSPITALS AND PERSON-CENTRED CARERandal Parlour, Paul Slater, Brendan Mccormack et al.Internationally, person-centred care has become a central tenet of many health and social care related policies and strategies. However, few studies exist that explicitly examine the linkage between patients' perceptions of a person-centred care climate and patients' experiences of care. This has been hampered by a dearth of instruments with acceptable psychometric properties. The aim of this study is to … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 24 Dec 2014 · 9,507 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTHE INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE ON INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM: IS PHYSICAL EXERCISE ABLE TO HELP AUTISTIC?Aida Al Awamleh, Alexander WollThe purpose of this study is to provide some background information on autism and how physical activity may be helping individuals with autism. Increasing rates of autism have been noted: Many researchers are involved in finding treatment methods that can help autistic children. Some studies have provided evidence that physical exercise and playing organized sport has been shown to be … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 28 Jun 2014 · 8,105 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTHAI LITERATURES REFLECTING CHINESE IDENTITY IN THAI SOCIETYSuchawadee KesmaneeLiteratures present the picture of people’s lives in the society in details. There have been numerous studies on Chinese-Thai literatures but none of them has an in-depth study on the Chinese identity. This study has been conducted due to personal interest to analyze the authors’ effort to present the Chinese identity through the characters, contents and social contexts. The data … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 4 · 9 Jan 2014 · 8,106 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTREND ANALYSIS OF MONTHLY RAINFALL DATA IN CENTRAL ZONETelemu KassileProper trend analysis of rainfall data is necessary for social and economic planning especially in the tropics where rainfall is a major limiting factor for crop production. In spite of the growing number of studies on climatic variables including rainfall in recent years, in the context of Tanzania little is known as to whether or not the observed time trend … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 15 Mar 2013 · 7,945 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIntention to Use Renewable Energy: Mediating role of AttitudeMamunur Rashid, Syed Shah AlamAcceptance of renewable energy is influenced by attitude of the users towards new technology. Lack of research on renewable energy in emerging countries and drive for switching to alternative energy urge for studies on attitude of the users’ towards renewable energy adoption. This study investigates perception towards renewable energy use in Malaysia. A survey over 200 respondents from Klang-valley area … …Energy Research Journal, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 11 Mar 2013 · 12,689 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Working Integrated Model for the Diffusion of Construction InnovationAhmad Rahman Songip, B.H. Lau, Kamaruzaman Jusoff, Hayati Nor RamliConstruction industry is said to be low in innovation and adoption of innovations is necessary to gain competitive advantage in a liberalized and globalized marketplace. This study investigated the factors that influenced the diffusion of construction innovations and developed an integrated framework to improve the diffusion process. A conceptual model was developed to guide the study and the modification of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 9 Feb 2013 · 8,045 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Impact of Attitude Toward Watershed Management Operation on Level of People ParticipationB. M. Golrang, F. S. Lai, M. Rostami et al.Recent studies in many countries had display the influence of many factors including: Satisfaction, Knowledge, Demographic and Attitudinal variables in level of people participation. The main question here is, whether these factors would also be effective on people participation in Iran? The purpose of this research was to investigate communication factors influencing attitudes of farmers’ application of Watershed Management Operations … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 19 Nov 2012 · 8,056 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Differences in Quality of Life in Prostate Cancer Project: Methods and Design of a Multidisciplinary Population-Based Follow-up StudyChristine Brennan, Evrim Oral, Elizabeth Fontham et al.Problem statement: Numerous studies have examined the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in Prostate Cancer (PCa) survivors but few have examined potential differences between races. The causes for alterations in HRQoL in PCa survivors have not been thoroughly explored either, limiting insight regarding potential means to improve their quality of life. Using a large sample of approximately equal numbers … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 15 Jun 2012 · 7,902 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTheater Activities for Jung Opera Audience: An Educational UrgencyElita MauleProblem statement: Numerous studies have led researchers to conclude that the socio-demographic profile of the public of classical music appears to be quite generalizable. However, the survey of the opera public, a classical music subgenre that is often associated with theater performances, appears to be much more difficult to quantify and has not yet been the subject of specific investigations … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 21 Feb 2012 · 8,936 accessesView PDFCite