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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA HYBRID METHOD USING LEXICON-BASED APPROACH AND NAIVE BAYES CLASSIFIER FOR ARABIC OPINION QUESTION ANSWERINGKhalid Khalifa, Nazlia OmarOpinion Question Answering (Opinion QA) is the task of enabling users to explore others opinions toward a particular service of product in order to make decisions. Arabic Opinion QA is more challenging due to its complex morphology compared to other languages and has many varieties dialects. On the other hand, there are insignificant research efforts and resources available that focus … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 10 · 13 May 2014 · 7,880 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNevirapine Hepatotoxicity: Implications of Risk FactorsElias Adikwu, Oputiri Deo, Oru-Bo Precious Geoffrey, D. Akuegbe EnimeyaHighly active antiretroviral therapy is used in the management of HIV/AIDS; it has contributed tremendously in the reduction of mortality and morbidity rate in HIV patients. Despite the outstanding achievement with the use of HAART its major limitation is toxicity. Among these toxicities is hepatotoxicity which is said to be associated with nevirapine containing highly active antiretroviral therapy. Recent reports … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 3 Jun 2013 · 7,655 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDo Companies’ Characteristics Play Key Roles in the Level of their Environmental Disclosures?Hafez Abdo, Ali Al-DrugiAfter reviewing the literature, we noticed that the vast majority of studies in the field of environmental accounting and disclosure have focused on developed countries such as Western Europe, America and Australia, while neglected developing countries. This study investigates the relationship between the level of environmental disclosure and company’s characteristics. The researchers identified a number of characteristics that associate with … …Energy Research Journal, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 11 Jul 2012 · 8,091 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCan Technology Acceptance Model be Applied on the Rural Setting: The Case of Village Development and Security Committee in MalaysiaBahaman Abu Samah, Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril, Musa Abu Hassan, Jeffrey Lawrence D’SilvaProblem statement: Malaysia has come out with a number of strategies such as National Information Technology Center, Universal Services Provider, Rural Internet Center and Rural Info Center to strengthen and encourage ICT usage among the rural community. Besides the efforts that are brought by the government, do the rural community especially their leaders which are the Village Development and Security … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 2 Feb 2011 · 8,710 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Philosophical Analysis of the Challenges of Science and Technology in Contemporary Africa: The Nigerian ExperimentAkinnawonu Benson MonehinScience and technology engendered unexpected social, political and health related problems. These included corrupt and dubious utilization of information and communication technology, environmental pollution and protection and depletion of the ozone layer which endangered human health. This sstudy examined the positive and negative implications of science and technology in Africa using Nigeria as a case study. This attempt became germane … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2008 · 8,269 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEntrepreneurships Barriers of Pond Fish Culture in Bangladesh- A Case Study from Mymensingh DistrictMd A. Sarker, Ataharul H. Chowdhury, Yoshihito ItoharaThe main purpose of the study was to identify the major barriers of pond fish culture entrepreneurships in Bangladesh. The population of the study consisted of all 285 fish farmers of the selected villages of Muktagacha upazila (sub-district) of Mymensingh district. Needed data were collected with questionnaire by personal interviewing of the respondents. Result shows that lack of technical knowledge … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2007 · 7,473 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEpidemiology and Economic Impact Assessment of Caprine Brucellosis in Penang State, Malaysia: A Retrospective AnalysisMuhammad Azri Ahmad Zaki, Abdinasir Yusuf Osman, Muhammad Luqman Nordin et al.Brucella melitensis is a zoonotic pathogen affecting a wide range of hosts with economic significance in the animal industry worldwide. The disease is characterized by abortion, still birth, reduced milk production, weak foetus and infertility mainly in small ruminant populations. There is a wide distribution of the disease among domesticated species and the trends of the disease in goats have … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 11 Feb 2018 · 8,194 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDoes Intellectual Capital Affect the Volatility of Returns? An Empirical Investigation on Italian Listed CompaniesBrett W. Cantrell, Daniela Coluccia, Stefano Fontana, Silvia SolimeneIn modern information economies, economic success increasingly depends on the ability to apply knowledge and to transform it into firm value. While intellectual capital plays a critical role in firm success, it is an intangible asset that is difficult to measure and that is unrecorded by the firm. Difficulties in measuring intellectual capital, as well as the dynamic nature of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 12 · 10 Jan 2018 · 8,524 accessesView PDFCite
HypothesisOpen accessIn the abstractAnalysis of Market Orientation on Business Performance in the Multinational Service IndustriesMartin Owusu Ansah, Richard ChinomonaThe paper examined the extent of market orientation on business performance in the multinational service industries in Ghana. It applied the behavioral viewpoint of market orientation measurement using MKTOR scale as a base in eliciting information from eleven marketing managers through in - depth interview while one hundred and sixty-three marketing managers were also surveyed using structured questionnaires. Structural Equation … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 9 Feb 2017 · 8,007 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNew Projects Sharing Ratios under Musharakah Financing: A Repeated Game Theoretical Approach Using an Output versus a Proposed Effort Based ContractAdil Elfakir, Mohamed TkiouatIn this research, we provide a game theoretical approach of new projects financed under musharakah contracts using two types of contracts. The first type is effort based. It compensates the agent for the effort provided regardless of market conditions. The other type of contract is output based where the agent compensation is based solely on output realized. Our intuition is, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 9 · 8 Oct 2015 · 7,427 accessesView PDFCite