This article addresses key issues and aspects of writing a good research question. The article shows the way to young researchers on how to zero down on a topic and formulate a research question such that the research may be conducted in a fruitful and time bound manner. Often re...
Aims: To describe and evaluate the application of an innovative approach that combines cognitive and behavioral techniques with the art-form of drama to treating childhood fears, leading the participant to an in vivo exposure to the fear stimulus. Presentation of Case: An 11 year...
More than 7 billion people live on Earth which involves a multidimensional activity encompassing environmental pollution, energy and climate. Energy therefore is an important part of life and is an indicator of the direction in developing countries. So the future direction of the...
Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Lee Berk, Gurinder Bains, Iman Akef Khowailed, Guyeon Chung, Praveen Rajaram, Michael Laymon & Haneul Lee·Advances in Research·2014
Aims: Numerous studies have been conducted on the effects of cold on muscle soreness; however, few agree on the measureable benefits of cold after exercise. Different studies apply different temperatures to the skin, for different lengths of time, and then differ greatly in how...
In this paper, heterojunction nanowires of Ni-Se are fabricated via template-assisted electrodeposition process. Nanowires are characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffractometry and electrical transport studies. S...
Aims: Anxiety and depression are common in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The longitudinal relationships between mental health and disease severity, progression and symptom burden are unknown. This study aims to identify if the prevalence and severity of anxiety and depress...
Earthquakes have been seldom associated with reported non-seismic phenomena observed weeks before and after shocks. Non-seismic phenomena are characterized by unusual sounds and light emissions as well as degassing of vast areas near the epicentre with chemical alterations of sha...
This study was aimed to investigate the effect of palm fibers on the properties of lightweight concrete. Such lightweight concrete was produced from coarse lightweight crushed brick and fine lightweight crushed brick (CLWA and FLWA). Different percentages of palm fiber; 0, 0.25,...
CuS films were fabricated by a chemical bath deposition process in an aqueous solution of cupric acetate, thiourea, and different contents of sodium ethylenediamine tetraacetate (EDTA-2Na) at 50ºC. The films were characterized by X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, ultrav...
Francis Soares Gomes, Emmanuel Viana Pontual, Luana Cassandra Breitenbach Barroso Coelho & Patrícia Maria Guedes Paiva·Advances in Research·2014
Microbial communities have a vast importance to the ecosystem being of use by humans for health or industrial purposes. Most bacteria can be distinguished into three groups: saprophytic; symbiotic and parasitic. Saprophytic bacteria, which are the major decomposers of organic mat...
In the present scenario, the digital image processing has enveloped the whole world of advancing technology. The changes on-going in the world are directly or indirectly related to the processing of digital images. In this paper, we studied the impact of changing contrast and bri...
Maymunah Ismail, Maizatul Saadiah, Abdul Rahim Ridzuan & Elsadig Musa Ahmed·Advances in Research·2014
This paper investigates the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and export (X) towards Malaysia’s economic growth over the period 1980 to 2011. Most past empirical studies observed that both FDI and export are the important sources of economic growth especially a...
Aims: Assessing how medical teams in a paediatric cancer hospital cope with the legal requirement to search for the child’s consent for an inclusion in a clinical trial and children’s participation in tough medical decisions. Study Design: Anthropologic Field Study. Place and Dur...
The holy grail of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been the reproduction of the cognitive processes in Silicon based computing machines to mimic the human or animal cognitive behavior. Computationalism attempts to explain cognition in terms of different internal representations a...
Cafer Akpinar, Cemil kavalci, Fevzi Yilmaz, Mehmet Ali Ceyhan & Muhittin Serkan Yilmaz·Advances in Research·2014
Aim: This study was a prospective validation of the Ottawa Ankle Rules (OAR) in our patient population with ankle injury. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study conducted. Each patient’s demographic characteristics, radiography results, and status of meeting OAR crit...