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An Elementary Proof That Well-Behaved Utility Functions Exist
(Scientific Research, 2016-06)
Starting from an intuitive and constructive approach for countable domains, and combining this
with elementary measure theory, we obtain an upper semi-continuous utility function based on
outer measure. Whenever preferences ...
Megaprojects, Complexity, and Investment Decisions
(Scientific Research, 2016-04)
The need for basic infrastructure for economic development in developing countries has made
megaprojects popular, in such parts of the world. Megaprojects can be very important to a host
country: the Nigeria Liquefied ...
Burnout as Alienation in the Counselling Field: The Descent from Homo-Faber to Homo-Economous
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-04-08)
The concepts burnout and alienation are routinely connected in a linear unproblematic trajectory
(Tomei et al., 2011) perpetuating more of an ideological conflation than providing any insight into
either concept. This ...
Impact of Corporate Agriculture on Sustainable Rural Development in Nigeria
(Open Access library journal, 2016-04)
This study sets out to investigate whether corporate agriculture has any significant impact on Nigeria’s
economy. The dimensions of impact assessed are mainly capital investment, private sector’s
participation, employment ...
Structure-Function Relationship of a Gellan Family of Polysaccharide, S-198 Gum, Produced by Alcaligenes ATCC31853
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-05)
The structure-function relationship of a gellan family of polysaccharides, S-198 gum produced by Alcaligenes ATCC31853 was investigated in terms of rheological aspects. The flow curves of S-198 gum showed plastic behavior ...
Based on Adaptive Backstepping Error Control for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-05)
Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) displays chaotic phenomenon when PMSM in power on or power off. At present, there are many methods to control chaos in PMSM. However, there appears oscillation in course of control ...
Anaplerosis in cancer: Another step beyond the warburg effect
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-10)
Biosynthesis is up-regulated in tumors and thus the demand for anabolic intermediates is increased. The metabolic routes providing the building blocks for macromolecules are thus a very attractive target as they are not ...
The Possibility of Using RFID System to Automate and Integrate the Attendance of Professors and Students in the Classroom
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-11)
One of the most important goals followed in most systems is to increase efficiency, reduce errors and enhance ease of data entry tasks such as better services in organizations. Therefore, the use of intelligent tools is ...
An Intelligent Sensor Based System for Real Time Heart Rate Monitoring (HRM)
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-05)
A method and apparatus for monitoring heart rate of the heart using a wearable system is designed and implemented in this paper. A heart rate receives from heart beat signals and stores the data to a database and after a ...
Genetic Variation among Fragmented Populations of Atriplex halimus L. Using Start Codon Targeted (SCoT) and ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 Region Markers
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-04)
Two forms of A. halimus shrubs: erect habit (A. halimus) and bushy habit shrub (A. schweinfurthii)
are used naturally isolated by a considerable distance from each other and occupy the same area.
To explore the effect ...