Urbanization and its effect on housing for the urban poor cannot be over-emphasized particularly in the cities of the global south. The meaning that is attributed to such terms as ‘urbanization’ and ‘urban poor housing’ is frequently wide ranging and not precisely defined. Nevert...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v9i130213
In this paper, closed forms of the sum formulas for the squares of generalized Fibonacci numbers are presented. As special cases, we give summation formulas of Fibonacci, Lucas, Pell, Pell-Lucas, Jacobsthal and Jacobsthal-Lucas numbers. We present the proofs to indicate how these...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v9i130212
Aims: Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) is very important for sawmills just like any other occupation. Therefore, this study aims to assess the measures taken by sawmills to ensure safety is maintained at the workplace and to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v9i130211
This study has established local diagnostic reference levels (LDRLs). Dose report and scan parameters for the head was assessed during seven months at the three study centres. Data on CT Dose index (CTDIw) and dose length product (DLP) available and achieved on CT scanner control...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v9i130209
Appropriate and efficient management of production factors will affect the income of beef cattle farmers. This study aims to analyze the relationship between the scale of business, breed, feed, medicine and labor with the production of the beef cattle business in West Binjai Dist...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v9i130208
Carbon input to forest ecosystem is mainly from Net Primary Production (NPP), therefore estimating NPP becomes important to understand the global carbon cycle. In this study, allometry for aboveground biomass increment (ΔAGB) and litter trap technique for litterfall (LF) were use...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v8i430207
Aims: This study aimed to determine the quality of Simmental Bull liquid semen through laboratory tests, including the percentage value of membrane integrity Spermatozoa with the addition of gentamycin and sweet orange essential oil to tris yolk extender. Methodology: The materia...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v8i430206
In the present paper, a three-parameter Weibull-Lindley distribution is considered for Bayesian analysis. The estimation of a shape parameter of Weibull-Lindley distribution is obtained with the help of both the classical and Bayesian methods. Bayesian estimators are obtained by...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v8i430205
Occupational, health and safety system (OHS) is a sensitive item for each organization. Health and safety is part of the business, just like production and quality. Therefore, it should be managed in the same way as other aspects of business. This study investigated the safety cu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v8i430204
The main objective of the research is to make a comparative study among the five categories of stress a student of a tertiary level faces or is supposed to face based on the questionnaire designed by and make a categorical study for analysis of Academic Stress Scale among the stu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v8i430203
This study examines the use of GIS and Remote Sensing in Mapping Land Use/Land Cover changes in the University of Port Harcourt host communities, mainly Choba, Aluu and Alakahia, between 2005-2010 and 2010-2015, to recognise the changes that have taken place in these peri-urban a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v8i330202
Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. It allows users to converse and interact with each other, to create, edit and share new forms of textual, visual and a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v8i330201
In this paper, we used the univariate coefficient of variation to estimate the disparities in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) applicants in all the States for both male and female from 2010 to 2018 and the multivariate coefficient of variation to estimate the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v8i330200
Soil impoverishment remains a major constraint to food crop production in the Guinea Savanna agroecology of Ghana. Most soils identified in this ecology are fragile and deficient in nutrients due to inappropriate management practices. To resolve this challenge, field studies were...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v8i330199
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases; the possible uses of Spondias mombin and Curcuma longa rhizomes for the treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular disorders have become prevalent in our environment. Aim: The present study att...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v8i330198