Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) is any system that encompasses methods for collecting, concentrating and storing various forms of runoff for various purposes. Agriculture in semiarid tropics depends on the vagaries of weather, especially of the rain. Without doubt, the greatest clima...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33983
Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) is an important seed spices crop of family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) and possess 2n=22 chromosomes with cross-pollination as mode of reproduction. A field experiment was conducted at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar to study the effect of...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33354
G. O. Oyeleke, R. O. Adetoro, R. T. Lawal & M. A. Salam·Advances in Research·2017
Thaumatococcus daniellii is an under-exploited, wild rhizomatous perennial herb from Africa that is classified as one of the non-timber forest products. The aril contains an intensely sweet and non-toxic protein used as sweetener in food and other related industries. This study e...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33423
Rishi Richa, N. C. Shahi, Anupama Singh, U. C. Lohani, P. K. Omre, Anil Kumar & T. K. Bhattacharya·Advances in Research·2017
The purpose of the current review paper is to investigate and analyze about the effects of ohmic heating (OH) different application in the field of fish, meat and its product and compare it with other conventional thermal methods of food processing such as thawing, heating, cooki...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33799
New Product Development (NPD) involves creating a new product from concept to the market. The product could be entirely new or rebranding. It is a critical focus of any production firm. The increase in volume of new competitive products is an indicator of any fast growing product...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33027
A circularly polarized microstrip short backfire antenna (CPMSBA) with one ring corrugated rim, using aperture coupled feed method is proposed in this paper. The antenna is designed to operate in KU-band. The simulation results verify the circular polarization. The impedance band...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/34595
This work is an integrated evaluation of the external and internal structures of an erosion site in Ebem-Ohafia area of Abia state, Nigeria using the geophysical and geotechnical methods of investigation. The geophysical method used was the electrical method which employed the Sc...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/31538
Aim: Wireless Sensor Network is spatially distributed autonomous sensor to monitor physical and environmental conditions. Energy is the scarcest resource of WSN nodes, and it determines the lifetime of WSNs. For this reason, algorithms and protocols need to address the issues suc...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/34245
This study was carried out to investigate the groundwater potential in Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike area of Abia State, Nigeria. A total of nine vertical electrical soundings were acquired and the results were correlated with records available from an existin...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/32121
Aims: Seed characters are very helpful for identification of a large number of species or genera. In many cases, morphological characteristics, germination and production of seeds, can be used to distinguish species and varieties. Methodology: Study it thoroughly in the laborator...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33747