Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPurification of A Recombinant Thrombin-like Enzyme, Gloshedobin by Egg Yolk Antibody-Coupled AdsorbentsQing Yang, Xuyu Lei, Jianqiang Xu, Lijia AnThe gloshedobin, a snake venom thrombin-like enzyme was biosynthesized in the soluble form and purified by egg yolk antibody-coupled adsorbents from E. coli. As His-tag is not favored from the point of view of high-level and soluble expression, we herein constructed a recombinant gloshedobin without His-tag and developed a novel egg yolk antibody (IgY)-immunoaffinity chromatography for its purification in a … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 6,690 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Effectiveness of Quality Circle Participation in Industrial and Service Organizations in MalaysiaT. R. Abo-Alhol, M. Y. Ismail, S. M. Sapuan, M. M. HamdanQuality Circle (QC) proponents suggest a wide array of positive results when this participation technique is used either in manufacturing or in service sector. This study is to determine whether QCs in one sector are performing more effectively than the other. This assessment includes technical aspects, length of participation, training, members' feelings about QCs, job satisfaction and job commitment. The … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 6 Mar 2005 · 7,406 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractED-XRF Analysis of Total Suspended Particulates from Enamelware Manufacturing IndustryJ. A. Sonibare, F. A. Akeredolu, O. Osibanjo, I. LatinwoConcentration and elemental composition of the total suspended particulates (TSP) emitted due to manufacturing activities of an enamelware industry in Lagos, Nigeria were investigated. Gravimetric method was used in mass concentration determination and an energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) analyzer was employed in the multi-elemental analysis. The Federal Ministry of Environment (FMENV, Nigeria's environment regulating body) set limit of 250 … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2005 · 6,683 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Situation and Evaluation of Forest Harvesting Methods in TurkeyMurat Demir, Tolga OzturkThe present study summarize and evaluate major problems of timber harvesting in Turkey and the future principles and objectives have been defined. Timber harvesting in Turkey is still carried out by manual methods due to economical, social and environmental constraints. Almost 80% of harvesting activities are mechanized in many developed countries while this value is only 5% in Turkey. Overall … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2005 · 7,396 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractExtending UML-RT for Control System ModelingQimin Gao, L. J. Brown, L. F. CapretzThere is a growing interest in adopting object technologies for the development of real-time control systems. Several commercial tools, currently available, provide object-oriented modeling and design support for real-time control systems. While these products provide many useful facilities, such as visualization tools and automatic code generation, they are all weak in addressing the central characteristic of real-time control systems design, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2004 · 6,743 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Research on Forest Road Planning and Projecting by Inroads Software in Bolu Region of TurkeyMurat Demir, Tolga OzturkThe computer software and hardware is extensively and effectively used especially in many countries of the world for the solution of complex problems. The facilities offered by the computer technology is used to great extend in forestry also as in numerous other areas. With this purpose, this research includes a study of forest road construction activities in Turkey, basic principles … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2004 · 7,179 accessesView PDFCite