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EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractIs Rerum® the New Coley's Vaccine?Marco RuggieroColey's Vaccine and Cancer Immunotherapy Dr. William B. Coley is credited for having been the first to translate the observation of an association between bacterial infections, high fever and cancer remission into a successful cancer treatment. However, it is worth noting that such an association dates back to at least one century before Coley's times; as Wiemann and Starnes from … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 31 May 2017 · 12,285 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAssessment of the Role of Oil and Gas Production Complex in Anthropogenic Changes in Vegetation in Mangystau RegionLyudmila Pavlichenko, Espolayeva Aikerim, Aliya Aktymbayeva, Iztayeva AzizaThe article includes the detailed description of a simplified method of solving the integrated environmental assessment inverse problem. The method was developed by the authors on the basis of using ready map of expert specific environmental assessment of anthropogenic transformation of vegetation in Mangistau region. The first part of the methodology is aimed on obtaining concrete actual evidence which is … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 5 May 2017 · 7,241 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBiophysic Factors Related to a Local Famous Sweet Potato Variety (Ipomoea batatas L.) Production: A Study Based on Local Knowledge and Field Data in IndonesiaMuhammad Amir Solihin, Santun R.P. Sitorus, Atang Sutandi, WidiatmakaCilembu sweet potato is one of the famous local sweet potatoes in Indonesia. The aim of this study is to determine biophysic factors related to Cilembu sweet potato production based on local knowledge and field data. The research was conducted between September 2014 and October 2015. The methods used simple analytical hierarchy processes and selection guide of land use requirements … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 4 · 20 Nov 2016 · 9,188 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Hybrid Decision-Making Model for Maintenance Prioritization in Health Care SystemsHassana Mahfoud, Abdellah El Barkany, Ahmed El BiyaaliClinical engineering departments have to establish and continuously regulate a Medical Equipment Management Program (MEMP) to ensure a high reliability and safety of their critical medical devices. Asset criticality assessment is an essential element of reliability centered maintenance and risk-based maintenance, especially when enormous various devices exist and the worst failure consequences are not evident. This paper presents a new … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 4 · 28 Apr 2016 · 8,682 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSelection of Festival Planners: Application of Modified Delphi Method and Analytic Hierarchy ProcessHan-Chen Huang, Su-Ling Wu, Pei-Ying Wu, Chien-Hua LiThere are more than one million festivals regularly held every year around the world. They not only create enormous economic benefits, but have also become a new global industry. Festival activities can attract many visitors and enhance regional development in a short time. The festival is an important trend to develop tourism. In Taiwan and foreign countries, various types of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 1 · 22 Dec 2015 · 7,842 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAutomatic Methods for Generation of Type-1 and Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Membership FunctionsAndréia Alves dos Santos Schwaab, Silvia Modesto Nassar, Paulo José de Freitas FilhoGeneration of membership functions is an important step in construction of fuzzy systems. Since membership functions reflect what is known about the variables involved in a problem, when they are correctly modeled the system will behave in the manner that is expected in the context of the problem being addressed. Since their creation, type-1 membership functions have been used in … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 11, Issue 9 · 20 Dec 2015 · 7,297 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUsing the Analytic Hierarchy Process to Establish a Tour Guide Selection and Evaluation ModelHan-Chen Huang, Su-Ling Wu, I-Ying Chang, Pei-Ling LiuThis study aims to examine the criteria for the selection of tour guides, in order to help travel agencies in Taiwan selecting suitable tour guides with a more objective and consistent approach. A tour guide is the life and soul of an organized tour, as well as an important key for the success of the tour. Following the acquisition of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 4 · 11 Nov 2015 · 7,381 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractAre we Able to Harness the Immunomodulatory Power of Cytokines for Novel Autoimmune Disease Treatments?Giuseppe Nocentini, Graziella Migliorati, Carlo RiccardiSince the end of the 1970s, interleukin 2 (IL-2) has been known as a key player in T cell expansion/activation (Watson et al., 1980). In the late 1980s, some groups used IL-2 to stimulate the immune systems of tumour patients (Jacobs et al., 1986). The idea seemed brilliant and several attempts were made, but the results were disappointing (Lim et … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 22 Oct 2015 · 7,629 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractConstruction of Decision-Making Model to Select Incentive Tour Travel AgenciesHan-Chen Huang, Pei-Ying Wu, Su-Ling Wu, Chin-Yuan WuIncentive Tour is a business trip that aims to enhance corporate cohesion, reinforce corporate culture and develop or strengthen the market. The subjects include employees, suppliers, distributors, etc. The Incentive Tour of enterprises is different from general group tours and becomes one of the mainstream methods to stimulate employees. However, few studies probed into the manipulation of the Incentive Tour … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 10 · 22 Oct 2015 · 6,720 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractComparison of Edge Detection Techniques Applied in the Identification of Centerline Segregation on Steel SlabsLuciene Coelho Lopez Queiroz, André Riyuiti HirakawaThe method Baumann, or Sulphur print as it is also known, is one of the tools used to evaluate the operating conditions of continuous casting machine and quality control of the production of steel slabs. The correct evaluation of centerline segregation severity, analyzed in Sulphur print, is essential to control this process. However, given the classification complexity between the different … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 8 · 10 Sep 2015 · 6,825 accessesView PDFCite