Aims: The study aimed at determining employers’ perceptions about the employability of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) graduates in Uganda. Determining employability skills from the employer’s perspective is crucial to develop these skills among the students w...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2019/v18i230087
Aims: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between microalbuminuria and hypertension in type 2 diabetic patients. Study Design: It was a descriptive type of cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in collaboration at a diabetic clin...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2019/v18i230085
V. Ambika, G. S. Yadahalli, B. M. Chittapur, Shamrao Kulkarni, Vidhyavathi G. Yadahalli & Siddu Malakannavar·Advances in Research·2019
A field experiment was conducted at main agriculture research station, Raichur (Karnataka, India) during Kharif 2016 to enhance the yield of Bt cotton and improve the economy of farmers under the rainfed situation. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three land...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2019/v18i230086
Carbon dioxide (CO2) once emitted to the atmosphere, takes centuries for natural removal. Every 4 giga tones of carbon (GtC) emitted to the atmosphere results in a rise of one ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere. Mangroves growing near the coast play an important role in carbon sequest...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2019/v18i230084
This paper presents the impact of non-reflective events (events caused by splices, macrobends or microbends) in optical fiber transmission and also suggests ways of minimizing the losses accrued from these events. During installation of optical fibers, cables that are not properl...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2019/47034
Field experiment was undertaken during 2005-06 to 2006-07 to study the various agro-techniques for sugar beet cultivation for Northern Karnataka at Agricultural Research Station, Bailhongal, Belgaum district (Karnataka) under irrigated condition. The experiment consisted of 24 tr...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2019/46696
Field experiment was undertaken during 2005-06 to 2006-07 to study the various agro-techniques for sugar beet cultivation for Northern Karnataka at Agricultural Research Station, Bailhongal, Belgaum district (Karnataka) under irrigated condition. The experiment consisted of 18 tr...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2019/46946
Fresh mango is a delicate fruit with high perishability and postharvest losses. Dried fruits are highly susceptible to mold infection and moisture reabsorption. There fruits must be packed well and stored immediately after drying to extend its shelf life. This study was thus to d...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2019/46296
Kitchen gardening project is a revolutionary step to increase vegetable production, enable people to grow insect-free vegetables gainfully using empty tins, old utensils, clay flower pots and extra space in front and backyard and provide cheap and organic vegetables to the househ...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2019/45056
In this paper, a new kind of closed sets called generalized semi open-closed sets (briefly gso-closed sets) are introduced in topological spaces. A subset A of a topological space X is called a gso-closed set if A is both a g-closed set and a semi-open set in X. The properties of...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2019/46559