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The Relationship between Cancer and the Patients' Religious Beliefs

Abdolreza Mahmoudi, Nasrin Shokrpour & Fatemeh Mahmoudi · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Aims: Religious beliefs can help the patients with cancer to cope with the physical and mental sufferings following diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of cancer on the patients’ religious beliefs. Study Design: Descriptive cr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/7477

Optimization of Irrigation Water Utilization for Agricultural Production

Elgilany A. Ahmed & Hamid H. M. Faki · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Optimization of scarce resources use is critical in agriculture production of Sudan. Since resources are economical inputs, the aim should be when optimizing resources use to obtain maximum production per unit. In Sudan, the tenants have compiled numerous crops in order to maximi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/9945

Evidence from Eight Different Types of Studies Showing that Smaller Body Size is Related to Greater Longevity

Thomas T. Samaras · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Aim: To report findings from various sources indicating that smaller sized humans live longer. Study Design: Collected mortality and longevity data from a variety of diverse studies involving animals and humans. Also collected longevity data from many nations and ethnic groups. E...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/11268

Dysphagia and Beyond: A Case Report

F. Monacelli, M. Tardivelli & P. Odetti · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Aims: Swallowing is a complex mechanism subjected to functional changes with aging, which may result either in compensatory mechanisms associated to healthy aging (presbyphagia) or to pathogenetic trajectories leading to dysphagia. Little is known on the multifactorial origin of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/11017

Layered Cake Clientelism: Impact on Occupational Safety in Organizational Management

Masum A. Patwary, Kh Anisur Rahman & Mosharraf H. Sarker · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Background: The purpose of this study was to gather and consider the views of different employer and employees involved in medical waste handling and management in Dhaka, Bangladesh where the social stratifications and behavioural attitudes are likely to be compounded to influenc...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/11038

Sustainable Development of Tourism in Semnan City, Using the SWOT Analysis Model

Marzie Daraei & Masoumeh Hafez Rezazadeh · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Tourism is a complex activity that is related to different sectors of society and economy. Nowadays, the role and importance of this industry is main factor of every developed country, so they are trying to maximize utilization of the industry. This means that one of the importan...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/11234

Economic Aspects and Agricultural Resources Use in Perennial Food Crops in Northern Sudan

Elgilany A. Ahmed & Hamid H. M. Faki · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Northern Sudan is considered as one of the main suppliers of perennials in the country. The production of perennial crops in the region faces numerous shortcomings regarding crop productivity, high cost of agricultural inputs and inefficiency in agricultural resource use. This pa...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/9946

Development of Optimum Operating Parameters for Bioelectricity Generation from Sugar Wastewater Using Response Surface Methodology

M. O. Aremu, E. O. Oke, A. O. Arinkoola & K. K. Salam · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Two response surface methodologies involving historical data designs have been successfully developed with the aim of predicting optimum operating parameters for bioelectricity generation from sugar wastewater. The regression models evaluated the effect of waste water concentrati...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/10402

The Epidemiology of Hospital-referred Head Injury in Northern Nigeria

U. S. Jasper, M. C. Opara, E. B. Pyiki & O. Akinrolie · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Aims: This study was aimed at defining the peculiar demographic and associated risk factors of head injury. Study Design: This was a retrospective study Place and Duration of Study: We conducted this study at an Accident and Emergency unit of a tertiary hospital between February...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/9645

An Approach to Multiple Attribute Group Decision Making under Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Environments with Incomplete Weight Information

Zhiming Zhang · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

As a combination of the fuzzy linguistic approach and the hesitant fuzzy set (HFS), hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set (HFLTS) is an efficient tool to deal with situations in which experts hesitate between several possible linguistic terms to assess the membership of an element i...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/11116

Application of the Records Method to Identify the Sporadicity of Percnon gibbesi Distribution in Greece

Zaher Khraibani, Zainab Assaghir, Hussein Khraibani, Dimitris Poursanidis, Anis Hoayek, Ghazi Bitar, Hassan Zeineddine, Argyro Zenetos & Hussein Badran · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Aims/Objectives: Mediterranean Sea is one of the most severely affected by alien marine invasions regions worldwide. The reported alien species in the Mediterranean Sea represent approximately 6% of the known biodiversity which is estimated to approximately 17000 species. The num...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/8718

Future Climate Conditions and Trend Analysis of Precipitation and Temperature in Bar Watershed, Iran

Siavash Taei Semiromi, Hamid Reza Moradi, Davoud Davoudi Moghaddam & Morteza Khodagholi · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Aims: Climate change is one of the most important challenges for human society, which will affect ecological, social and economical systems. Because of water scarcity issues, studying the potential climate change and its impacts on climate variables and water resources is necessa...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/9436

Equipment Considerations for Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Civil Engineering in Urban Areas

Linh Truong-Hong, Hamid Gharibi, Himanshu Garg & Donal Lennon · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

When renting or purchasing a terrestrial laser scanner, consideration must be given to a variety of factors including ease of use, accuracy, speed and cost. The following paper considers these aspects with respect to civil engineering applications in urban areas. One particular c...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/7482

Proximate and Anti-nutritional Constituents of Abelmoschus esculentus Grown in Fadaman Kubanni, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Ekwumemgbo Patricia Adamma, Sallau Mohammed Sani, Omoniyi Kehinde Israel & Zubairu Safiya Yusuf · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Aims: This work seeks to provide information on the proximate and anti-nutritional constituents of Abelmoschus esculentus (okra) grown in Fadaman Kubanni farms where effluents from Zaria Industrial Estate are discharged, and compare it with that grown in Rafin Yashi (control) in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/9031