Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsBoosted Regression Estimates of Spatial Data: Pointwise InferenceMarco Di Marzio, Charles C. TaylorIn this study simple nonparametric techniques have been adopted to estimate the trend surface of the Swiss rainfall data. In particular we employed the Nadaraya-Watson smoother and in addition, an adapted-by boosting-version of it. Additionally, we have explored the use of the Nadaraya-Watson estimator for the construction of pointwise confidence intervals. Overall, boosting does seem to improve the estimate as … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 1, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2005 · 6,349 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsChatbot for Academic Advising: Case Study at Saudi Electronic UniversityMadawi Faisal Alsoyohi, Nahlah AlgethamiStudent support solutions in higher education are evolving, with an increasing focus on making services more accessible and providing individual assistance. Chatbots are emerging as powerful tools for academic advisors in this environment. This study centers on the design and refinement of a chatbot specifically customized for the requirements of students in higher education. By conducting an extensive analysis of … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 22, Issue 3 · 7 Mar 2026 · 2,548 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsEconomic Growth and Unemployment: An Empirical AnalysisFuad M. KreishanProblem statement: This research investigates the relationship between unemployment and economic growth in Jordan through the implementation of Okun’s law. Approach: Using annual data covering the period 1970-2008, time series techniques are used to test the relation between unemployment and economic growth and to obtain estimates for Okun’s coefficient. Namely, the study used Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) for unit root, cointegration … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 21 Mar 2011 · 12,609 accessesView PDFCite
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 · 12,281 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractProtecting crop species from biotic and abiotic constraints in the era of Global Change: are we ready for this challenge?Marco Landi, Giovanni BenelliReliable and affordable supply of food is of crucial importance to the progress and stability of human societies. During the last century, we have assisted to an extraordinary increase of crop yields, especially for the most widespread and consumed crop species, such as rice, wheat, corn and soybean. The Broadbalk experiment, one of the oldest continuous agronomic experiments in the … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 4 Jun 2016 · 8,399 accessesView PDFCite
HypothesisOpen accessIn the abstractExtending the Repertoire of Structures in DNA NanotechnologyClive DelmonteDNA nanotechnology remains an active area of research and advances have been reviewed recently. DNA nanotechnology seeks to deploy molecules at an atomic level and on a small molecule scale. Other techniques in biophysics and biochemistry do not need to address the issue of the true structure of the nucleic acids at an atomic level but, rather, at a macro-atomic … …Current Research in Nanotechnology, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 7 Oct 2015 · 13,914 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractRe-Paving the Road Built by Chemistry: A Challenge to Biochemistry and BiotechnologyAlberto A. IglesiasBiochemistry’s birth can be placed at the end of the nineteenth century, when Eduard Buchner made a clever interpretation of experimental observations on the generation of gas bubbles after addition (the original purpose was preservation) of sucrose to a yeast crude extract (Lagerkvist, 2005). Intelligently, Buchner concluded that the disaccharide had been fermented by broken cells’ suspension to produce CO2, … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 26 Jan 2015 · 7,461 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractTREATMENT FOR ANOREXIA NERVOSA: ARE WE MISSING THE MARK?Peta Stapleton, Amy BannatyneAPA, 2013. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edn., Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. APA, 2014. Anorexia nervosa. www.psychologicaltreatments.org Ben-Tovim, D., K. Walker, P. Gilchrist, R. Freeman and R. Kalucy et al., 2001. Outcome in patients with eating disorders: A 5-year study. Lancet, 357: 1254-1257. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04406-8 Beumont, P.J.V. and S. Touyz, 2003. What kind of illness is … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 20 Sep 2014 · 9,541 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Meaning of a Redundant Codon: There is Protein Folding Information in Nucleic Acids in Addition to the Genetic CodeJan C. Biro, Josephine M.K. BiroAll the information necessary for protein folding is supposed to be present in the amino acid sequence. It is still not possible to provide specific ab initio structure predictions by bioinformatical methods. It is suspected that additional folding information is present in protein coding nucleic acid sequences, which is not represented by the known genetic code. Nucleic acid subsequences comprising … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2006 · 8,292 accessesView PDFCite