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Cancer Risk Due to the Natural Radioactivity in Cigarette Tobacco
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-07)
Thirty-one samples of cigarettes have been collected from local markets of different types of origins. The samples were selected according to a survey distributed to smokers by paper and digital survey to see the most ...
Measurement of the Potassium Content of Different Food Samples with High Purity Germanium Detectors
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-07)
Measurements of the potassium content of samples of food, performed with High Purity Germanium detectors, are presented in this paper. The potassium content was measured by identifying the 1460 keV photons produced in the ...
A Mass Spectrometric Study of Kratom Compounds by Direct Infusion Electrospray Ionization Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-06)
Mitragynine (MG) and its major metabolites 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH-MG) are two of the major components of the plant extract Kratom, which is a tree planted in Southeast Asia. Kratom has long been used by opioid-dependent ...
Studying Different Etching Methods Using CR-39 Nuclear Track Detector
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-07)
In this research we try to investigate the optimum etching time for the tracks originate in (CR-39) solid state nuclear track detector after irradiated with alpha source (241Am) using three different etching techniques: ...
Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks Applications and Its Challenges
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-07)
Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET) is an infrastructure less wireless network of autonomous collection of mobile nodes (Smart phones, Laptops, iPads, PDAs etc.). Network is self-configured to reconstruct its topology and routing ...
The Effect of Queuing Mechanisms First in First out (FIFO), Priority Queuing (PQ) and Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ) on Network’s Routers and Applications
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-05)
The paper presents the simulation results of the comparison of three Queuing Mechanisms, First in First out (FIFO), Priority Queuing (PQ), and Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ). Depending on their effects on the network’s Routers, ...
Differential Effect of Aluminium on Enzymes of Nitrogen Assimilation in Excised Bean Leaf Segments
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-06)
Aluminium is a potent toxicant in acidic soils. The present study was taken up to analyze the effects of Al on enzymes of nitrogen assimilation in excised bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) leaf segments so as to gain an insight ...
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 ...
The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development in Saudi Arabia
(OMICS Group, 2016)
One of the key objectives of modern economics is to determine factors that influence the economic development.
This paper, therefore, seeks to discuss entrepreneurship as one of the factors that influence the economy of ...
A Study of Efficient Power Consumption Wireless Communication Techniques/ Modules for Internet of Things (IoT) Applications
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-04)
A study of wireless technologies for IoT applications in terms of power consumption has been presented in this paper. The study focuses on the importance of using low power wireless techniques and modules in IoT applications ...