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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEMERGING TRENDS IN ADAPTIVE COMPUTATION FOR MOBIQUITOUS SYSTEMSJesus FriginalThe future is in networked embedded systems. This affirmation is based on the principle that networked embedded systems will make possible the development of more intelligent living, work, entertainment, energy production systems and transport environments. It is estimated that the number of networked smart objects on a planetary scale will increase beyond20 billion units by 2020, thus promoting the emergence … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 11 · 19 Aug 2014 · 8,315 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTHE PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION AND ITS RISK FACTORS AMONG MALAY ELDERLY IN RESIDENTIAL CARER. Normala, C. Azlini, M. J. Nurul, Z. M. LukmanThe motivation for the study is to improve the quality of life for elderly in residential care particularly the mental health aspect. Hence, the aim of this study is to examine the prevalence of depression and to identify risk factors related to depression among Malay elderly in residential care. Changes in social structure and economic status have shifted the direction … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 9 · 3 Jul 2014 · 7,130 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFEATURES OF THE PROCESS MODEL FOR PENITENTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM DIVERSIFICATIONNeile Kayumovna Schepkina, Elyana Yuozovna Lecite, Elena Anatolyevna Burdukovskaya et al.The article covers features of the process model for penitentiary education system diversification. Issues of prison inmate education are of contemporary relevance over the past 30 years since criminal-executive system has undergone a number of changes due to changes and amendments to criminal laws and rules of proceedings, including those affected by international standards, European Prison Rules ensuring the rights … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 7 · 19 Apr 2014 · 6,770 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 abstractANALYSIS OF INTERNET TRAFFIC IN EDUCATIONAL NETWORK BASED ON USERS’ PREFERENCESMustafa M.H. Ibrahim, Mohd Hasbullah Omar, Adib M. Monzer Habbal, Khuzairi Mohd ZainiThe demand for Internet services and network resources in Educational networks are increasing rapidly. Specifically, the revolution of web 2.0 "also referred to as the Read-Write Web" has changed the way of information exchange and distribution. Although web 2.0 has gained attraction in all sectors of the education industry, but it results in high-traffic loads on networks which often leads … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 1 · 12 Nov 2013 · 6,970 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractManagement of Data for Health Performance Measurement in the Industrialized Dairy HerdMogens Agerbo Krogh, Carsten EnevoldsenOne part of dairy herd management is to handle disease occurrence by means of health promotion, disease prevention, timely medical treatments, or eradication of disease. Supporting this part of herd management is an essential task for the cattle veterinarian. The study objective was to identify principles and tools for analysis of herd health data in industrialized dairy herds. The analysis … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 23 Nov 2012 · 8,257 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCorrelation Between Dispersion and Mean Toassess Healthcare Servicee FficiencyRamalingam ShanmugamMotivation for this research work started while helping a hospital administrator to assess whether patient oriented activity duration, X≥0 is reflecting the service’s efficiency? Higher value of the sample mean duration, X implies lesser productivity in the hospital and more healthcare cost. Likewise, larger value of sample dispersion, sx2 in the service durations is an indicator of lesser reliability and … …Current Research in Biostatistics, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 30 Aug 2012 · 6,876 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPhyllanthus Amarus Facilitates the Recovery of Peripheral Nerve after InjuryPanakpaporn Wannannond, Jintanaporn Wattanathorn, Supaporn Muchimapura et al.Problem statement: Peripheral nerve injuries are associated with morbidity and outcomes of peripheral nerve repair are poor. Moreover, it can subsequently leads to economic or social disability. Recent findings have shown that oxidative stress plays an important role on the functional recovery retardation of peripheral nerve. However, the impairment mentioned earlier is counteracted by antioxidant. Therefore, this study was carried … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 7 · 10 May 2012 · 7,100 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractErgonomics Issues in MalaysiaH. S. Loo, Stanley RichardsonProblem statement: Ergonomics so far has had little impact in Malaysia. For most Malaysian managers, ergonomics is not considered to be associated with performance, but rather with occupational health and safety and legislation. Approach: This study reviews the development of ergonomics in Malaysia and the underlying issues related to national development. Results: Many changes need to be made within the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 23 Jan 2012 · 9,509 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIdentifying the Factors Affecting the Participation of Agricultural Cooperatives' MembersBagher ArayeshProblem statement: 40-year history of agricultural production cooperatives in the country shows that this type of exploitation system has faced many ups and downs during this period. First, despite the help and support by the government, the cooperative sector has not been able to play a major role in the development of the country and its share has not exceeded … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2011 · 8,938 accessesView PDFCite