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A Grading Method for Mangoes on the Basis of Peel Color Measurement Using a Computer Vision System
(Scientific Research, 2016-06)An objective grading method using a Computer Vision System (CVS) for mangoes is proposed. Red peel was selected using two types of color space values at chroma = 22 and hue angle = 52˚. Eighteen out of 25 fully-ripened ... -
Greed Supports Economic Growth But Might Make Us More Miserable
(Scientific Research, 2016-06)Most economists, who refer to utility as representing wellbeing, do so under the assumption that utility increases with consumption. In contrast, lately researchers have found evidence that individuals' wellbeing is by ... -
Guidelines for Community-Based HIV/AIDS Stigma Reduction Intervention in a Rural Community
(Scientific Research, 2016-03)Research encourages evidence-based guidelines for practice. This paper describes the guidelines for HIV/AIDS stigma reduction in the community. These guidelines were developed by the authors based on findings of the study ... -
Hand-Washing Global
(Scientific Research, 2014-08)By the practical nature of the case, here is no theoretical argument but pragmatic reasoning for washing hands, with scientific evidence of hand-washing flushing out diseases into a sanitary condition globally. All facts ... -
Health Hazards of Solvents Exposure among Workers in Paint Industry
(Scientific Research, 2013-12)Background: Paints and coatings include paints, varnishes, lacquers, stains, printing inks and more. A wide variety of volatile solvents are used in paint and coating manufacturing including aliphatic and aromatic ... -
Heart Surgery Practice in Sub Saharan Africa: Single Nigerian Institutional Midterm Results and Challenges
(Scientific Research, 2014-03)Background: The majority of prospective cardiac surgical patients in sub Saharan Africa lack access to open heart surgery. We reviewed our midterm results to identify the obstacles to growth and challenges with sustainability. ... -
HeartSmartTM: A New Method of Assessing Hydration in Neurosurgical Patients
(Scientific Research, 2012-11)Background: Maintenance of normal fluid homeostasis is challenging in neurosurgical patients. Consequently, we studied hydration assessment in neurosurgical intensive care patients. Methods: Pulmonary artery catheter ... -
Heavy Metal Contaminated Food Crops Irrigated with Wastewater in Peri Urban Areas, Zambia
(Scientific Research, 2013-07)Studies on peri urban farming in Zambia have not adequately tackled the issues pertaining to heavy metal contaminated wastewater irrigation farming. The study investigated heavy metal contamination of water, soils and ... -
Heavy metals in vegetables grown in the vicinity of Hawassa industrial zone, Ethiopia: Estimation of possible human health risks
(African Science Publications, 2021-04-05)Concentration of heavy metals (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Pb and Hg) in cabbages and potatoes were determined and the potential human health risks due to the consumption of the vegetables have been estimated. Mean concentrations ... -
Hellenic Integrative Psychotherapy: A Total Holistic Approach
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-07-12)An integrative psychotherapy model is described which proposes that the basic “schools” of psychotherapy, that is the psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic/ existential, systemic and biological approaches can be synthesized ... -
High Performance Oil Resistant Rubber
(Scientific Research, 2012-10)Blending of polymers has gained much interest due to the fact that, it can be used to produce new polymeric materials with specific properties suitable for some special applications. The blends from acrylonitrile butadiene ... -
Hill to Plain: Causes and Impacts of Internal Migration of Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2015-10-20)Various factors are related in internal migration of indigenous peoples from their ancestral places, that is hill, to the plain areas. This article aims to find out the pull and push factors of the indigenous migration. ... -
HIV-1 Drug Resistance Mutations in Patients Failing 1st Line Therapy in a Comprehensive Care Center in Nairobi, Kenya
(Scientific Research, 2015-06)Background: HIV-1 drug resistance is an emerging challenge for HIV-1 infected clients who are on antiretroviral therapy (ART). In Kenya, as in many other developing countries, ART is now accessible to clients who need ... -
Home Automation Device Protocol (HADP): A Protocol Standard for Unified Device Interactions
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2015-10)Daily activities have become more efficient and convenient with home automation. There are many different home automation devices in the market for consumers to enjoy their home for being smarter, resourceful, ... -
Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: What are the key factors that contribute to household-level food security? What lessons can we learn from food secure households? What agricultural options and management strategies are likely to benefit ... -
How do Companies Invest in Corporate Social Responsibility? An Ordonomic Contribution for Empirical CSR Research
(MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2014-01)This paper takes both a conceptual and an empirical approach to answer the question as to how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be connected to the company‘s role as an agent of social value creation when it operates ... -
How is the biological information arranged in genome?
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-07)The four nucleotides (bases), A. T. G and C were sophisticatedly arranged in the structural features in a single-strand of genomic DNA, 1) reverse-complement symmetry of base or base sequences, 2) bias of four bases, 3) ... -
How to Identify Latent Systolic Dysfunction and Post Operative Risk in Patients with Mitral Incompetence and Normal Ejection Fraction?
(Scientific Research, 2011-12)Purpose: To study the significance of impaired positive peak rate of left ventricular (LV) pressure development (MR + dp/dt) and global systolic strain (GLPSS) values in patients presented with significant mitral incompetence ... -
HPV positivity varies with technique and primer set, in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded benign and malignant breast tissue from Malta
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-10)The role of human papillomavirus in breast cancer pathogenesis is an area of considerable debate following differing results from all over the world. This study analyzed paraffin embedded tissue from 19 patients with benign ... -
Human Capital, Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Arab World: A Panel Granger Causality Analysis
(OMICS Group, 2016-02)This study investigates the causal-relationships between human capital and economic growth, and between infrastructure and economic growth in Arab World countries. The study covers the period from 1974 to 2013 using annual ...