Aims: To report the activity concentrations (AC) of 210Pb in surface waters in a semi-arid region, aiming to record these concentrations before the beginning of a Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) mining operation, facilitating subsequent comparisons with the operat...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33213
Aim: The aim of this study is to measure the outdoor ambient radiation and evaluate its associated radiological risk parameters of the coastal communities of Ndokwa East. Study Design: The design of this study is purely experimental work. Place and Duration: This study was carrie...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33984
Aims: This experiment was conducted to study the performance of different varieties of potato under various nitrogen levels for growth, yield and quality as well as their economics. Study Design: Sixteen treatment combinations comprising of four varieties (V1-Kufri Jyoti, V2-Kufr...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33599
The study was conducted to evaluate the viability of hybridization of different species of catfishes found in India. During different interspecific and intergeneric hybridization, maximum fertilization was found in cross II i.e. Clarias gariepinus ♂ x Clarias batrachus ♀ with 80%...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33376
Aim: The aim of this study is to assess radiation health risk due to gamma exposure from river water around oil bunkering centers in Rivers state, Nigeria. Study Design: This study was purely an experimental work. Place and Duration of Study: Sampling started from the meeting poi...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33307
S. I. Awala, O. E. Ajayi, O. A. Alabi, O. Ajayi & O. T. Olalekan·Advances in Research·2017
Aim: The study was conducted to explore the antibacterial and antifungal properties of the leaf extracts of Ficus exasperata (Sand paper tree) in vitro. Study Design: Extracts from Ficus exasperata leaves were qualitatively screened for the phytochemical constituents, and their i...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/24726
Ana Muñoz van den Eynde, Belén Laspra & Irene Díaz García·Advances in Research·2017
In spite of the efforts devoted to understand the relationship of society with science, the results have not been satisfactory. The aim of this study is to test the PIKA model, developed to contribute to a better understanding of the perspective of citizens in the relationship of...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33321
Trans fatty acids (TFA’s) are the isomerization form of carbon double bonds and give desired physical and chemical properties as saturated fatty acids in food products. Some trans fatty acids occur naturally, while most of it is artificial. Major contributors of the TFA’s in the...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33297
Aims: Simple sequence repeat markers derived from expressed sequences tags (ESTs) were used to carry out transferability studies across members of Asteraceae family. Study Design: NTSY Spc ver.2.0 was used to construct similarity matrix and dendrogram. Place and Duration of Study...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/32005
Olugbenga Olusola Odu, Eyitope Oluseyi Amu, Samson Ayo Deji, Victor Adovi Aduayi, Olubayo O. Owoeye & Eyitayo Ebenezer Emmanuel·Advances in Research·2017
Background: Parents and guardians are important stakeholders in disseminating information about family life education (FLE) to their children. This study was carried out to assess the perception and attitude to FLE among parents and guardians in Osun State Nigeria. Methods: The s...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33217
E. S. K. Ofori, S. Yeboah, F. Apaatah, J. Sintim, E. Ofori-Ayeh & M. Osae·Advances in Research·2017
Aims: To assess the knowledge base of farmers regarding herbicide use and secondly determine the attitudes and practices of herbicide use among peri urban vegetable farmers. Study Design: The study design is by survey and collation of questionnaire in selected urban areas noted f...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33406
A new guidance law is derived for missile against maneuvering target by adopting nonlinear control theory. The guidance law is based on three dimension (3D) nonlinear kinematics described by modified polar coordinate (MPC). In MPC, only three differential equations are used to d...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33186
Mohamed Osman Mohamed Abdalla, Saniya Saleem Jabir Ahmed & Siham Abdalla Rahamtalla·Advances in Research·2017
Aims: This investigation was conducted to evaluate the physicochemical and sensory characteristics, fatty acid and cholesterol contents of butter processed in Khartoum State, Sudan. Methodology: Butter was manufactured traditionally by farmers in Khartoum North (T1) and Omdurman...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33140
An attempt was made to control dry root rot using consortia of bioinoculants. A total of 10 fungal (Trichoderma) and 30 bacterial (Pseudomonas and Bacillus) isolates were collected and screened for their antagonistic activity against mycelial growth of Rhizoctonia bataticola unde...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33195
Shrinking oil resources increases the importance of substitutes in the form of biofuels. A variety of extraction processes for the generation of biodiesel out of vegetable based oils have been established in the last decades. This research investigates in the implementation of hy...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/32179