We test for possible influences of international food prices ‘shocks’ on observed (ex post) aggregate prices in Mexico. The sample period under study is 2005-2015. As an extension to previous related works we also use another inflation measure known as Break-Even Inflation (BEIR)...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/22449
Air temperature time series of Nile Delta, Egypt was statistically analyzed in order to answer the question whether recent climate change can be proved for Nile delta, Egypt; the results were compared and discussed with the global trends. The observations for the Alexandria, Port...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25466
The ability for Problem Solving Environment (PSE) to model, simulate and embed algorithms unto micro-controllers without manually converting algorithms to C programming language has been subjected to a lot of scepticism. This modern method popularly referred to as Model Base Desi...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25270
In this study, a hydrogel composite was enzymatically prepared with rapid gelation time from tyramine-tetronic-conjugated chitosan and biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) nanoparticles. Compressive stress of the hydrogel composite was reached at 591±20 KPa with 10 wt% of loaded BCP....
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25891
In other to provide information for inference on certain characteristics and behavioural tendencies of the rural dwellers in the northern Nigeria, this study was conducted to find out the socio-economic status categories of rural dwellers’ in the area. Random sampling technique w...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/21836
The twelfth Peregrine breather (P12 breather) solution to the focusing one dimensional nonlinear Schr¨odinger equation (NLS) with its twenty two real parameters deformations solutions to the NLS equation are explicitly constructed here. New families of quasi-rational solutions of...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25636
Aim: This investigation aimed at automating the computations of optimal replacement policies and rewards for a class of equipment replacement problems based on time perspectives and stationary pertinent data. Methodology: The aim was achieved by the exploitation of the structure...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25478
Shalu ., Rahul Parmar, Anamika Verma & Narsi R. Bishnoi·Advances in Research·2016
A harmonious experimental–gauge approach was used to examine the ability of biogenic manganese oxide, formed in the cultures of a Mn(II) oxidizing bacteria, Mn 21 to sequester Ni(II) and Zn(II) ions. Batch experiments were carried out in order to model and optimize the biosorptio...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/23571
In this paper, we present the derivation and implementation of a quarter-step method for the integration of first-order modeled differential equations. The quarter-step method was developed using Laguerre polynomial of degree six as our basis function via interpolation and colloc...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25688
The transesterification of crude jatropha oil (CJO) to biodiesel using Bi-ZnO (bi-zinc oxide) as a solid catalyst was investigated. The catalyst was prepared by co-precipitation technique, calcined and characterized with XRD, TEM and the surface area, pore volume and pore size di...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20716
Aims: The objectives of the in vitro study were to examine the applicability of thermodynamic models for the interaction of reaction mixture components to enzyme catalyzed reaction, and to determine the effect of co – solutes on the velocity of hydrolysis of a substrate with alph...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24269
Echekoba Felix Nwaolisa & Ananwude Amalachukwu Chijindu·Advances in Research·2016
This study is an intent to determine the influence of financial structure on profitability with special reference to oil and gas firms in Nigeria. Ten (10) out of the fourteen (14) listed oil and gas firms in Nigerian Stock Exchange were selected. The financial data from 1993 to...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24568
In this paper, we prove Kannan’s fixed point theorem in a cone hexagonal metric space. Our result extend and improve the recent result of Jleli and Samet [The Kannan’s fixed point theorem in a cone rectangular metric space, J. Nonlinear Sci. Appl., 2 (2009), 161 - 167], and many...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25272
Aims: Hyperglycemia has been posited to have an effect on the healing process at the cellular level, particularly on fibroblasts that produce extracellular matrix components including collagen. However, the mechanisms underlying this process have yet to be fully elucidated. In ad...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25173
Drought is one of the most worrying manifestations of variability and change of climate in many West African countries. Due to its threats on human life, socio-economic activities, agricultural productivities, shortage of water, natural resources and environments, the problems re...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25349