Cristiane Pilon, John L. Snider, Derrick M. Oosterhuis & Dimitra Loka·Advances in Research·2015
Aims: Differences in tolerance to drought and heat stresses exist among cotton species and between modern and obsolete genotypes. However, it is not clear if increases in thermostability under water deficit are associated with genotypic differences in drought tolerance. Therefore...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/22632
Sideslip angle is one of the state variables in the lateral state-space dynamics of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Large asymmetric aerodynamic loads can be induced on a UAV’s fuselage, even at zero sideslip. For steady and level flight, this angle must be controlled. To contr...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/22738
Many scientific studies in the biochemical, genetic fields suggest that there were common mechanisms, such as genes, α-synuclein protein, tau protein, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and iron might be shared in Alzheimer disease (AD) and Parkinson disease (PD). α-syn...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/22584
Igwilo Kevin Chinwuba, Onwugbuchulem Chibunma Vivian & Ohia Nnaemeka Princewill·Advances in Research·2015
Flow assurance is the efficient and successful flow of fluids in pipes. Some of the flow assurance challenges that can be encountered include hydrate formation, sand production, wax precipitation, scale deposits and emulsion problems. In onshore production facilities in the Niger...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20299
Lagos state is one of the largest cities in the world with an estimated population of 18,000,000 on a land mass of 3,577 sqkm. Urban mobility, Road traffic and congestion have been major challenges in the State for many years; The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme was introduced to...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20585
J. C. Nwite, B. A. Essien, C. I. Keke, C. A. Igwe & T. Wakatsuki·Advances in Research·2015
The development of agriculture in inland valleys of Southeastern Nigeria could not be realized merely due to inability of the farmers to develop these potential and abundant inland valleys for such water loving crops like rice using appropriate water management systems. In an att...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20792
Subjective Evidence-Based Ethnography (SEBE) is a family of methods developed for investigation in social science based on subjective audio-video recordings with a miniature video-camera usually worn at eye-level (eye-tracking techniques are included). Despite its application to...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/21597
The focus of this study was on the influence of Self Concept and Anxiety on the Academic Excellence of Undergraduate Students. 190 students were randomly selected in the process of simple random sampling for the study. The scales used for the measurement of Self Concept and Anxie...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/15052
Saqib Ur Rehman, Kashif Saleem, Abdul Jamil Khan & Absar Ahmed·Advances in Research·2015
El-Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of the factors that widely studied with respect to the variability in rainfall and streamflow. However, there are other factors which also influence the climate variability and patterns of the circulation. This study aims to investigate...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20258
Advances in quantum physics in the first quarter of the twentieth century dramatically influenced perspectives in science and philosophy. This paper discusses why a shift towards post-positivism in the philosophy of science is necessary, taking a novel perspective using the basic...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/19816