Abstract: The history of acupuncture and moxibustion can be traced back to more than two thousand years. The number of current acupoints is 361. However, 1800 years ago, 349 acupoints were listed and used. This means that in the past 1800 years, only 12 acupoints have been added to the commonly used acupoi...     Read More

Abstract: The rise of acupuncture and moxibustion can be traced back to more than two thousand years ago. Usually the knowledge of both medical skills has been accumulated and handed down to later generations by four ways. The first way is family heritage. The second way is disciple heritage. The third way...     Read More

Abstract: Roller compacted concretes are generally applied in layers. These layers are known as the weakest part of the structures. One of the most important factors affecting the exact interlocking of the layers is the prolongation of the placement time between the layers. In this study, the effect of de...     Read More

Abstract: Image denoising is considered as an effective initial processing step in different sophisticated imaging applications. Over the years, numerous studies have been conducted filtering of different kinds of noise. The Block Matching with 3D filtering added a new dimension to the study of denoising ...     Read More

Abstract: In this work the geometry of a virtual pine tree was developed. This geometry, applying mesh generation, is used to evaluate the view factors, used to calculate the heat exchanges by radiation, between the virtual pine tree and a fire front. The virtual pine tree geometry, developed using a thre...     Read More

Abstract: In this work a numerical model of the pine tree thermal behaviour, nearby a forest fire environment, is developed and applied. The pine tree thermal behaviour numerical model is based on energy balance integral equations for the tree elements and mass balance integral equations for the water in...     Read More

Abstract: Brain oscillations are the prevalent features that may reflect the underlying physiological processes. Quranic sound stimulus which gained high attention in neuroimaging studies shows that the brain oscillations changed during perceiving the stimulus. Its rhythmic structure was assumed to intera...     Read More

Abstract: The paper employed a Cobb-Douglas stochastic production frontier function to estimate of technical efficiency (TE) with 770 observations of the cooperative farmer group (272, 243, and 255 in seasons 1, 2 and 3, respectively), and 900 observations of the non-cooperative farmer group (300, 324, an...     Read More

Abstract: Although there are politically unresolved issues such as Israeli occupation in Palestine, an appropriate solid waste management is inevitable requirement for daily lives and is necessary to be conducted under given conditions. Palestinian Authority has been working for improving the solid waste...     Read More

Abstract: SMEs are recognized as a driving force for innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, and competitiveness, which are seen as keys to achieving sustainable development. The development and performance of SMEs have a positive impact on economic development. In most of the developing economies, SMEs not ...     Read More