Tigernut is a popular plant because of its sweet tubers (Cyperus esculentus) which has numerous benefits. Contamination of tigernut tubers could be of physical, microbial or chemical through post harvest processes, handling, packaging, storage and retailing. Any form of contamina...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v3i129792
Aim: This research was carried out to investigate the concentration of heavy metals in swampy agricultural soil of Nasarawa west, Nigeria. Study Design: To compare the swampy soil heavy metal concentrations with regulatory standard or allowable values by the World Health Organiza...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v3i129786
Wastewater and sediment samples from selected locations of the Ntanwogba creek in the metropolitan city of Port Harcourt were collected. Physicochemical parameters were determined using standard analytical procedures. The results of the physicochemical analysis of the wastewater...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v3i129783
Edmund Ndudi Ossai, Alo Tobechukwu Alo, Basil Chukwubuikem Onwe, Divinewill Onyinyechi Okoro, Ngozi Eucharia Ezeagu & Lawrence Ulu Ogbonnaya·Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports·2019
Aims: To determine the prevalence and predictors of perceived stress among medical students of Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Nigeria. Study Design: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Nigeria between F...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v3i129779
The banking sector in any country plays a fundamental role in increasing the level of economic activity. However, the implementation of treasury single account has been devilled its performance. This study therefore investigates the implication of treasury single account on the p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v2i429778
Synthetic molluscicides widely used for the control of urinary schistosomiasis are expensive, toxic to non-target organisms, not available and may have deleterious long-term effects in the environment. The aim of this research is to compare the efficacy of column purified fractio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v2i429774
In Sri Lanka even though women represent more than half of the population, their labour force participation rate is less than men. Men's participation in the labour force is twice as women's. In recent years women and gender issues have become a major area of concern. Even semina...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v2i429773
Aim: The aim of this paper is to exploratory research support on Families with Autistic Children. Objective research is needed for identifying helpful resources and helping families with autistic children. Methods: The approximated number of participants that answered the questio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v2i429769
Nearly half of all children in developing countries have infections or disease associated with inadequate water supply and sanitation. This study aimed at assessing sanitation practices and available sources of water supply in selected primary schools in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, N...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v2i429765
While drugs have the capacity to enhance health, they all have the potential to cause harm if prescribed inappropriately. For this reason, it is recommended that healthcare professionals who prescribe medications exercise critical thinking skills to ensure the safe and effective...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v2i329762
This study was conducted to determine the rhizosphere soil microorganisms associated with the cultivation of Manihot esculentum, Comelina bengalensis, Talinum triangulare and Telfairia occidentalis. The plants were obtained from newly cultivated, ready for harvest and fallowed fa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v2i329761
Reflecting on a psychosociological analysis of consumption requires an epistemological challenge that breaks with metaphysical ideological traditions and, to a certain extent, provokes philosophical discussions about the construction and validity of its theoretical thinking, espe...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v2i329759
Background: Effective vaccination communication with parents is critical in efforts to overcome barriers to childhood vaccination, tackle vaccine hesitancy and improve vaccination coverage. Health workers should be able to provide information to caregivers and support them in dec...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v2i329754
Bárbara Lúcia Guimarães Alves, Fred Tavares, Giselle Gama Torres Ferreira, Jefferson Fernando Gonçalves Guedes da Costa, Margarete Ribeiro Tavares & Marlen Maria Cabral Carvalho·Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports·2018
The contemporaneity is marked, in part, by the Control Society, characterised, among other aspects, by consumption. In this scene, both the material and the immaterial objects come to have value in the market, so that one of the influential tools in this period is the use of soci...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v2i329750
The world is so dynamic and fast growing, things keep changing on a daily basis and as such, has experienced different phases of industrial revolution. Consequent to this, many countries have had their names listed among the developed countries of the world based on their economi...
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