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Article#	WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUE 13 FEBRUARY 2008	Page#
1	Ginzburg-Landau Model: an Amplitude Evolution Equation for Shallow Wake Flows Imad Chaddad, Andrei A. Kolyshkin	1
2	Embedded Singly Diagonally Implicit Runge-Kutta –Nystrom Method Order 5(4) for the Integration of Special Second Order ODEs Fudziah Ismail	6
3	Differential Sandwich Theorems with Generalised Derivative Operator Maslina Darus, Khalifa Al-Shaqsi	11
4	Decision Tree for Competing Risks Survival Probability in Breast Cancer Study N. A. Ibrahim, A. Kudus, I. Daud, M. R. Abu Bakar	15
5	Boundary Effect on the Onset of Marangoni Convection with Internal Heat Generation Norihan Md Arifin, Norfifah Bachok	20
6	Impact of the Existence of One-Way Functions on the Conceptual Difficulties of Quantum Measurements Arkady Bolotin	24
7	Modeling of Kepler-Poinsot Solid Using Isomorphic Polyhedral Graph Hidetoshi Nonaka	29
8	Creep Transition in a Thin Rotating Disc Having Variable Density with Inclusion Pankaj, Sonia R. Bansal	33
9	Elastic-Plastic Transition in a Thin Rotating Disc with Inclusion Pankaj, Sonia R. Bansal	43
10	Pin type Clamping Attachment for Remote Setup of Machining Process Afzeri, R. Muhida, Darmawan, A. N. Berahim	48
11	Inconsistency Discovery in Multiple State Diagrams Mohammad N. Alanazi, David A. Gustafson	54
12	Phenomenological and Theoretical Analysis of Relativistic Temperature Transformation and Relativistic Entropy Marko Popovic	63
13	Suitability of Requirements Abstraction Model (RAM) Requirements for High-Level System Testing Naeem Muhammad, Yves Vandewoude, Yolande Berbers, Robert Feldt	68
14	Inferring Hierarchical Pronunciation Rules from a Phonetic Dictionary Erika Pigliapoco, Valerio Freschi, Alessandro Bogliolo	75
15	Bridging the Communication Gap at NASA – A Case Study in Communities of Practice Daria Topousis, Keri Murphy, Jeanne Holm	83
16	Concerns Regarding the Adoption of the Model Driven Architecture in the Development of Safety Critical Avionics Applications Benjamin Gorry	87
17	Design and Implementation of Cricket-based Location Tracking System Byung Ki Kim, Ho Min Jung, Jae-Bong Yoo, Wan Yeon Lee, Chan Young Park, Young Woong Ko	96
18	Design and Implementation of Safe & Intelligent Bridges System Based on ALE-Compliant RFID Middleware in USN Jae-Bong Yoo, Byung-Ki Kim, Ho-Min Jung, Taewan Gu, Chan-Young Park, Young-Woong Ko	101
19	Efficient Pipelined Hardware Implementation of RIPEMD-160 Hash Function H. E. Michail, V. N. Thanasoulis, G. A. Panagiotakopoulos, A. P. Kakarountas, C. E. Goutis	108
20	Moment Generating Functions of Observed Gaps between Hypopnea Using Saddlepoint Approximations Nur Zakiah Mohd Saat, Abdul Aziz Jemain	112
21	Unsteady Boundary Layer Flow over a Stretching Sheet in a Micropolar Fluid Roslinda Nazar, Anuar Ishak, Ioan Pop	118
22	A PIM (Processor-In-Memory) for Computer Graphics: Data Partitioning and Placement Schemes Jae Chul Cha, Sandeep K. Gupta	123
23	Optimal Power Allocation for the Proposed Asymmetric Turbo Code for 3G Systems K. Ramasamy, B. Balamuralithara, Mohammad Umar Siddiqi	132
24	Using the PGAS Programming Paradigm for Biological Sequence Alignment on a Chip Multi-Threading Architecture M. Bakhouya, S. A. Bahra, T. El-Ghazawi	137
25	Roller Guide Design and Manufacturing for Spatial Cylindrical Cams Yuan L. Lai, Jui P. Hung, Jian H. Chen	142
26	A Study on the Application of TRIZ to CAD/CAM System Yuan L. Lai, Jian H. Chen, Jui P. Hung	149
27	Development of Machinable Ellipses by NURBS Curves Yuan L. Lai, and Jian H. Chen, Jui P. Hung	154
28	Ensembling Adaptively Constructed Polynomial Regression Models Gints Jekabsons	162
29	A Low Voltage High Linearity CMOS Gilbert Cell Using Charge Injection Method Raheleh Hedayati, Sanaz Haddadian, Hooman Nabovati	168
30	Modeling and Analysis of a Cruise Control System Anthony Spiteri Staines	173
31	A Study of the Hand-Hold Impact on the EM Interaction of a Cellular Handset and a Human Salah I. Al-Mously, Marai M. Abousetta	178
32	Recognition-based Segmentation in Persian Character Recognition Mohsen Zand, Ahmadreza Naghsh Nilchi, S. Amirhassan Monadjemi	183
33	Experiments on Element and Document Statistics for XML Retrieval Mohamed Ben Aouicha, Mohamed Tmar, Mohand Boughanem, Mohamed Abid	188
34	A Fault Tolerant Token-based Algorithm for Group Mutual Exclusion in Distributed Systems Abhishek Swaroop, Awadhesh Kumar Singh	194
35	On Bounding Jayanti’s Distributed Mutual Exclusion Algorithm Awadhesh Kumar Singh	201
36	Introducing a Platform for Encryption Algorithms Ahmad Habibizad Navin, Yasaman Hashemi, Omid Mirmotahari	208
37	A Reversible CMOS AD / DA Converter Implemented with Pseudo Floating-Gate Omid Mirmotahari, Yngvar Berg, Ahmad Habibizad Navin	211
38	Multi-view Description of Real-Time Systems’ Architecture A. Bessam, M. T. Kimour	215
39	Flagging Critical Components to Prevent Transient Faults in Real-Time Systems Muhammad Sheikh Sadi, D. G. Myers, Cesar Ortega Sanchez	223
40	A Logic Based Framework for Planning for Mobile Agents Rajdeep Niyogi	228
41	Modeling User Behaviour by Planning Alfredo Milani, Silvia Suriani	237
42	Towards Design of Context-Aware Sensor Grid Framework for Agriculture Aqeel-ur-Rehman, Zubair A. Shaikh	244
43	Online Learning: Custom Design to Promote Learning for Multiple Disciplines S. Silverstone, J. Phadungtin	248
44	Speech Recognition Using Scaly Neural Networks Akram M. Othman, May H. Riadh	253
45	A System of Automatic Speech Recognition based on the Technique of Temporal Retiming Samir Abdelhamid, Noureddine Bouguechal	259
46	Implementation of Watch Dog Timer for Fault Tolerant Computing on Cluster Server Meenakshi Bheevgade, Rajendra M. Patrikar	265
47	Performance Analysis of Load Balancing Algorithms Sandeep Sharma, Sarabjit Singh, Meenakshi Sharma	269
48	Evolutionary Decision Trees and Software Metrics for Module Defects Identification Monica Chiş	273
49	Methods for Data Selection in Medical Databases: The Binary Logistic Regression - Relations with the Calculated Risks Cristina G. Dascalu, Elena Mihaela Carausu, Daniela Manuc	278
50	3D Dynamic Representation System for the Human Head Laurenţiu Militeanu, Cristina Gena Dascălu, D. Cristea	283
51	Low Cost Prototype for Improving the Communication Capabilities in the eHealth Area Cosmin Porumb, Sanda Porumb, Aurel Vlaicu, Bogdan Orza, Adrian Chioreanu	287
52	EPR Hiding in Medical Images for Telemedicine K. A. Navas, S. Archana Thampy, M. Sasikumar	292
53	Enhanced Traveling Salesman Problem Solving by Genetic Algorithm Technique (TSPGA) Buthainah Fahran Al-Dulaimi, Hamza A. Ali	296
54	Proposing a Conceptual Model of Customer Knowledge Management: A Study of CKM Tools in British Dotcoms Mehdi Shami Zanjani, Roshanak Rouzbehani, Hosein Dabbagh	303
55	A Study on Multi-Agent Behavior in a Soccer Game Domain S. R. Mohd Shukri, M. K. Mohd Shaukhi	308
56	eTax Filing & Service Quality: The Case of the Revenue Online Service Regina Connolly, Frank Bannister	313
57	Fuzzy Estimation of Parameters in Statistical Models A. Falsafain, S. M. Taheri, M. Mashinchi	318
58	Optimal Placement of Processors based on Effective Communication Load A. R. Aswatha, T. Basavaraju, N. Bhaskara Rao	325
59	Real Time Approach for Data Placement in Wireless Sensor Networks Sanjeev Gupta, Mayank Dave	330
60	A Robust Watermarking using Blind Source Separation Anil Kumar, K. Negrat, A. M. Negrat, Abdelsalam Almarimi	338
61	Easy Shopping by Electronic Credit M. Kargar, A. Isazadeh, F. Fartash, T. Saderi	342
62	Quantitative Study for Exchange of Gases from Open Sewer Channel to Atmosphere Asif Mansoor, Nasiruddin Khan, Noreen Jamil	346
63	An Improved Switching Median filter for Uniformly Distributed Impulse Noise Removal Rajoo Pandey	349
64	A Novel Impulse Detector for Filtering of Highly Corrupted Images Umesh Ghanekar	352
65	Block Sorting: A New Characterization and a New Heuristic Swapnoneel Roy, Ashok Kumar Thakur, Minhazur Rahman	356
66	Sorting Primitives and Genome Rearrangement in Bioinformatics: A Unified Perspective Swapnoneel Roy, Minhazur Rahman, Ashok Kumar Thakur	363
67	Navigation and Target Tracking using GPS System N. K. Srinath, P. Ramakanthkumar, G. Prabhushankar	369
68	Performance Analysis of Parallel Client-Server Model Versus Parallel Mobile Agent Model K. B. Manwade, G. A. Patil	374
69	Roll of Membership functions in Fuzzy Logic for Prediction of Shoot Length of Mustard Plant Based on Residual Analysis Satyendra Nath Mandal, J. Pal Choudhury, Dilip De, S. R. Bhadra Chaudhuri	378
70	Using Radial Basis Function Neural Networks to Calibrate Water Quality Model Lihui Ma, Kunlun Xin, Suiqing Liu	385
71	A Business Intelligence System Design Based on ASP Platform Fengchi Shen, Rongtao Ding	394
72	An Improved Fuzzy Algorithm for Image Segmentation Majid Gholamiparvar Masooleh, Seyyed Ali Seyyed Moosavi	400
73	Bureau Management Technologies and Information Systems in Developing Countries Mehmet Altınöz	405
74	Learning Style and Learner Satisfaction in a Course Delivery Context Paul David Henry	410
75	Critical Issues Affecting the Engagement by Staff in Professional Development for e-Learning: Findings from a Research Project within the Context of a National Tertiary Education Sector J. Mansvelt, G. Suddaby, D. O’Hara	414
76	Collaborative Professional Education for e-Teaching in Networked Schools Ken Stevens	425
77	Analysing the Elementary Science and Technology Coursebook and Student Workbook in Terms of Constructivism Nil Duban	430
78	Interactive Methods of Design Education as the Principles of Social Implications of Modern Communities Pelin Yildiz	435
79	The Role of Gender and Age on Students’ Perceptions towards Online Education Case Study: Sakarya University, Vocational High School Fahme Dabaj, Havva Başak	441
80	A Study of the Relationship between the Professional Qualifications of the Teachers and Academic Performance of Their Students at Secondary School Level Khalid Khurshid	445
81	Inculcating Values and Ethics in Higher Education e-Learning Drive: UiTM i-Learn User Policy Posiah Mohd Isa, Siti Akmar Abu Samah, Kamaruzaman Jusoff	452
82	Animated Versus Static User Interfaces: A Study of Mathsigner™ Scott Dyer, Nicoletta Adamo-Villani	457
83	Automatically Generated and Marked E-Learning Exercises for Logistics Cost Accounting Markus Siepermann, Christoph Siepermann	463
84	Information Dissemination System (IDS) Based E-Learning in Agricultural of Iran (Perception of Iranian Extension agents) A. R. Ommani, M. Chizari	468
85	Learning and Relationships in the Cyberspace Gioacchino Lavanco, Viviana Catania, Anna Milio, Floriana Romano	473
86	Fast and Efficient On-Chip Interconnection Modeling for High Speed VLSI Systems A.R. Aswatha, T. Basavaraju, S. Sandeep Kumar	478
87	Effect of Different Configurations of Mechanical Aerators on Oxygen Transfer and Aeration Efficiency with respect to Power Consumption S.B. Thakre, L.B. Bhuyar, S.J. Deshmukh	482
88	Kinematic Modeling and Workspace Analysis of a Spatial Cable Suspended Robot as Incompletely Restrained Positioning Mechanism Jahanbakhsh Hamedi, Hassan Zohoor	491
89	Instability Analysis of Laminated Composite Beams Subjected to Parametric Axial Load Alireza Fereidooni, Kamran Behdinan, Zouheir Fawaz	501
90	Finding Pareto Optimal Front for the Multi- Mode Time, Cost Quality Trade-off in Project Scheduling H. Iranmanesh, M. R. Skandari, M. Allahverdiloo	512
91	Finite Element Application to Estimate Inservice Material Properties using Miniature Specimen G. Partheepan, D.K. Sehgal, R.K. Pandey	517
92	Aircraft Noise Pollution: a Model of Interaction between Airports and Local Communities Nicola Gualandi, Luca Mantecchini	524
93	Optimization of the Characteristic Straight Line Method by a "Best Estimate" of Observed, Normal Orthometric Elevation Differences Mahmoud M. S. Albattah	529
94	Robust Adaptive Vibration Control with Application to a Robot Beam J. Fei	537
95	Investigation on Performance and Emission Characteristics of CI Engine Fuelled with Producer Gas and Esters of Hingan (Balanites) Oil in Dual Fuel Mode Samir J. Deshmukh, Lalit B. Bhuyar, Shashank B. Thakre	543
96	Development of Mathematical Model for Overall Oxygen Transfer Coefficient of an Aerator and Comparison with CFD Modeling Shashank.B. Thakre, L.B. Bhuyar, Samir.J. Deshmukh	549
97	Optimization Approaches for a Complex Dairy Farm Simulation Model Jagannath Aryal, Don Kulasiri, Dishi Liu	554
98	Modeling Parametric Vibration of Multistage Gear Systems as a Tool for Design Optimization James Kuria, John Kihiu	561
99	Development of New Control Techniques for Vibration Isolation of Structures using Smart Materials Shubha P Bhat, Krishnamurthy, T.C.Manjunath Ph.D. (IIT Bombay), C. Ardil	569
100	Performance Evaluation of Powder Metallurgy Electrode in Electrical Discharge Machining of AISI D2 Steel Using Taguchi Method Naveen Beri, S. Maheshwari, C. Sharma, Anil Kumar	576
101	Comparative Study on Properties of Coastal Polluted Porcelain and Epoxy Resin Outdoor Insulators Waluyo, Parouli M. Pakpahan, Suwarno, Maman A. Djauhari	581
102	PmSPARQL: Extended SPARQL for Multi-paradigm Path Extraction Thabet Slimani, Boutheina Ben Yaghlane, Khaled Mellouli	590
103	Noise Analysis of Single-Ended Input Differential Amplifier using Stochastic Differential Equation Tarun Kumar Rawat, Abhirup Lahiri, Ashish Gupta	602
104	Inverse Problem Methodology for the Measurement of the Electromagnetic Parameters Using MLP Neural Network T. Hacib, M. R. Mekideche, N. Ferkha	608
105	Method for Determining the Probing Points for Efficient Measurement of Freeform Surface Yi Xu, Zexiang Li	614
106	Variable Step-Size Affine Projection Algorithm with a Weighted and Regularized Projection Matrix Tao Dai, Andy Adler, Behnam Shahrrava	620
107	Integrated Energy-Aware Mechanism for MANETs using On-demand Routing M. Tamilarasi, T.G. Palanivelu	628
108	FPGA Based Parallel Architecture for the Computation of Third-Order Cross Moments Syed Manzoor Qasim, Shuja Abbasi, Saleh Alshebeili, Bandar Almashary, Ateeq Ahmad Khan	633
109	Mechanical Modeling Issues in Optimization of Dynamic Behavior of RF MEMS Switches Suhas K, Sripadaraja K	638
110	Noise Removal from Surface Respiratory EMG Signal Slim Yacoub, Kosai Raoof	643
111	Baseline Performance of Notebook Computer under Various Environmental and Usage Conditions for Prognostics Sachin Kumar, Michael Pecht	651
112	Health Assessment of Electronic Products using Mahalanobis Distance and Projection Pursuit Analysis Sachin Kumar, Vasilis Sotiris, Michael Pecht	659
113	An Edit-Distance Algorithm to Detect Correlated Attacks in Distributed Systems Sule Simsek	668
114	Agent-Based Simulation of Simulating Anticipatory Systems – Classification Eugene Kindler
115	Utilizing Dutch Auction in an Agent-based Model E-commerce System Costin Badica, Maria Ganzha, Maciej Gawinecki, Pawel Kobzdej, Marcin Paprzycki
116	Robust Fuzzy Observer Design for Nonlinear Systems Michal Polanský, Cemal Ardil
117	Movement Analysis in Parkinson’s Disease Zoltán Szabó, Blanka Štorková
118	Fuzzy Shortest Paths Approximation for Solving the Fuzzy Steiner Tree Problem in Graphs Miloš Šeda
119	A New Method of Adaptation in Integrated Learning Environment Ildar Galeev, Renat Mustaphin, Cemal Ardil
120	Domain-based Key Management Scheme for Active Network Jong-Whoi Shin, Soon-Tai Park, Chong-Sun Hwang
121	Evaluation Method for Information Security Levels of CIIP (Critical Information Infrastructure Protection) Soon-Tai Park, Jong-Whoi Shin, Bog-Ki Min, Ik-Sub Lee, Gang-Shin Lee, Jae-Il Lee
122	Making Computer Learn Color Rinaldo Christian Tanumara, Ming Xie
123	Adaptive Hierarchical Key Structure Generation for Key Management in Wireless Sensor Networks using A* Jin Myoung Kim, Tae Ho Cho
124	Optimized Detection in Multi-Antenna System using Particle Swarm Algorithm A. A. Khan, M. Naeem, S. Bashir, S. I. Shah
125	Fuzzy T-Neighborhood Groups Acting on Sets Hazem. A. Khorshed, Mostafa A. El Gendy, Amer. Abd El-Razik
126	Analog Circuit Design using Genetic Algorithm: Modified Amod P. Vaze
127	Learning User Keystroke Patterns for Authentication Ying Zhao
128	Ottoman Script Recognition Using Hidden Markov Model Ayşe Onat, Ferruh Yildiz, Mesut Gündüz
129	Feature Extraction from Aerial Photos Mesut Gündüz, Ferruh Yildiz, Ayşe Onat
130	An Optimization Model of CMMI-Based Software Project Risk Response Planning Chun-guang Pan, Ying-wu Chen
131	Feature Selection Methods for an Improved SVM Classifier Daniel Morariu, Lucian N. Vintan, Volker Tresp
132	Solving Bus Terminal Location Problem Using Genetic Algorithm S. Babaie-Kafaki, R. Ghanbari, S. H. Nasseri, E. Ardil
133	Relational Representation in XCSF Mohammad Ali Tabarzad, Caro Lucas, Ali Hamzeh
134	Statistical Genetic Algorithm Mohammad Ali Tabarzad, Caro Lucas, Ali Hamzeh
135	A New Method for Complex Goods Selection in Electronic Markets Mohammad Ali Tabarzad, Caro Lucas, Nassim Jafarzadeh Eslami
136	Design an Electronic Market Framework Using JADE Environment Mohammad Ali Tabarzad, Caro Lucas
137	Capturing an Unknown Moving Target in Unknown Territory using Vision & Coordination Kiran Ijaz, Umar Manzoor, Arshad Ali Shahid
138	Weighted Clustering Coefficient for Identifying Modular Formations in Protein-Protein Interaction Networks Zelmina Lubovac, Björn Olsson, Jonas Gamalielsson
139	A Comparative Study of Main Memory Databases and Disk-Resident Databases F. Raja, M.Rahgozar, N. Razavi, M. Siadaty
140	A Computational Stochastic Modeling Formalism for Biological Networks Werner Sandmann, Verena Wolf
141	A Mark-Up Approach to Add Value Ivaylo I. Atanasov, Evelina N.Pencheva
142	Grid Based and Random Based Ant Colony Algorithms for Automatic Hose Routing in 3D Space Gishantha Thantulage, Tatiana Kalganova, Manissa Wilson
143	Information Modelling for Adaptive Composition in Collaborative Work Environment Sang Keun Rhee, Hyojeong Jin, Jihye Lee, Misoo Kwon, Myon-Woong Park, Sungdo Ha
144	Fuzzy based Security Threshold Determining for the Statistical En-Route Filtering in Sensor Networks Hae Young Lee, Tae Ho Cho
145	Binary Decision Diagrams: An Improved Variable Ordering using Graph Representation of Boolean Functions P.W. C. Prasad, A. Assi, A. Harb, V.C. Prasad
146	Approaches to Developing Semantic Web Services Jorge Cardoso
147	Modified Functional Link Artificial Neural Network Ashok Kumar Goel, Suresh Chandra Saxena, Surekha Bhanot
148	Model Transformation with a Visual Control Flow Language László Lengyel, Tihamér Levendovszky, Gergely Mezei, Hassan Charaf
149	Factors Influencing Rote Learner's Intention to Use WBL: Developing Country Study Watcharawalee Lertlum, Borworn Papasratorn
150	On the Application of Meta-Design Techniques in Hardware Design Domain R. Damaševičius
151	LOD Exploitation and Fast Silhouette Detection for Shadow Volumes Mustafa S. Fawad, Wang Wencheng, Wu Enhua
152	Defining a Semantic Web-based Framework for Enabling Automatic Reasoning on CIM-based Management Platforms Fernando Alonso, Rafael Fernandez, Sonia Frutos, Javier Soriano
153	Using the Semantic Web in ubiquitous and mobile computing: the Morfeo experience José M. Cantera, Miguel Jiménez, Genoveva López, Javier Soriano
154	A New Image Encryption Approach using Combinational Permutation Techniques A. Mitra, Y. V. Subba Rao, S. R. M. Prasanna
155	An Image Encryption Method with Magnitude and Phase Manipulation using Carrier Images S. R. M. Prasanna, Y. V. Subba Rao, A. Mitra
156	Generating Normally Distributed Clusters by Means of a Self-organizing Growing Neural Network – An Application to Market Segmentation – Reinhold Decker, Christian Holsing, Sascha Lerke
156	Combinatorial Approach to Reliability Evaluation of Network with Unreliable Nodes and Unreliable Edges Y. Shpungin
158	A New Approach for Controlling Overhead Traveling Crane Using Rough Controller Mazin Z. Othman
159	A Formal Approach for Proof Constructions in Cryptography Markus Kaiser, Johannes Buchmann
160	An Exploratory Environment for Concurrency Control Algorithms Jinhua Guo