Electricity is essential for economic growth, natural development and improved standard of living. Most of the existing water supply dams available in the rural areas can be used for power generation without affecting its primary functions. This will lead to a high saving in cost...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/26706
Ubiquitous Computing enable users to utilise computer software and hardware to perform tasks anytime anywhere without visualising them. In other words, software and hardware are embedded in the environment making them invisible while they are effectively in use. Over the last dec...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/26778
Background: Traditional remedies are mostly used as auto-medications for the treatment of physical diseases not only in Saudi Arabia but also worldwide. The traditional preparations are also prescribed by practitioners to patients who seek their consultation. Objective: The objec...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26915
Aim: The main purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of depression and disability in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients and to determine any association between stage of CKD and depression in the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Methods: One hundred and sixt...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/26218
There are three interests in this study. First is to make an analogy between graph theory and image processing. Given a number of image items (dots) on a picture, this paper shows a way to make a path (closed path) connecting and traversing all of them but each only once, imitati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/26350
The main objective of this paper is to propose a numerical integration method that provides improved estimates as compared to the Newton-Cotes methods of integration. The method is an extension of trapezoidal rule where after segmentation, the top part of each segment was further...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/23048
The study was carried out to investigate the capability of some fungal species to remove heavy metals (Pb, Zn, Cr and Cd) from Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) effluent. The three most tolerant fungi (Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus and Microsporum nanum) is...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/25751
An attempt was made to study the use of local medicinal flora in nest building by Indian Sarus Crane in and around Alwara lake of Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh. The study was centralized mainly on medicinal values of nesting materials used by sarus cranes to build their nes...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/26383
Unavailability and escalating cost of fertilizer coupled with the need to safeguard the environment has called for the use of local nutrient resources for soil fertility management. A pot experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of manure from different livestock dung...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25877
Aim: To evaluate the relationship between budding success and weather factors. Place and Duration of Study: Nursery site of the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, Benin City, Nigeria for three years. Methodology: Seven weather characters were evaluated for correlation with bud...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/26227
Aims: To estimate the fetal haemoglobin (HbF) in diabetes mellitus patients and its correlation to haemoglobin A1c levels as it is one of the effective diagnostic tools used in monitoring of diabetic patients. Study Design: Analytical, laboratory, hospital-based, cross-sectional...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2016/26078
Aims: This study was to scrutinize the correlation between stress and depression, religious factors, school factors and early victimization as the determinants of early initiation. Study Design: Quantitative research using a questionnaire as an instrument to collect the data. Pla...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/26022
The most important determinant of a country’s competitiveness is its human talent — the skills and productivity of its workforce. The strongest, safest and most prosperous societies are those in which women are empowered and the genders are more equal. Gender equality is not a wo...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2016/26525
Aims: To compare the central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements between Ultrasound Pachymetry and by the Scheimpflug based Pentacam in myopic persons of Indian Sikh origin. Methodology: In a prospective study, 100 eyes of 50 myopic persons of Indian Sikh origin (aged 16 to 45 y...
Due to the significantly greater diagnosed cases in females, direct evaluation of a male presenting with Anorexia nervosa (AN) has infrequently been evaluated in the literature. Further, the typical view of AN often limits the perspective to those who are significantly underweigh...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/25237