A study on the geology and hydrogeology of part of Suleja north central Nigeria was carried out using geological and hydrogeological mapping and Electrical Resistivity method of geophysical surveys. The study area was divided into portions of almost equal parts to aid easy identi...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21577
Synthesis of ultrathin ZnO nanowires gains great attention from research community because of their large potential in applications involving optoelectronics and sensors. In this study, a low-pressure and low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis of ultrathin ZnO nanowires is studie...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/22427
Bacillus spp. associated with two types of fermented African locust beans iru woro and iru pete were isolated and screened for probiotic potentials using standard microbiological techniques. The total bacterial counts for iru woro (pH 8.4) and iru pete (with pH 8.1) were 6.4314 a...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/17698
We verify some assertions in the prequel to this paper, in which certain functions which are referred to as proximity functions were introduced in order to study Dirichlet-type approximations in normed divisible groups and similar groups that enjoy a form of divisibility, for ins...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/18487
The mass in Einstein’s energy-mass equivalence equation has two possible interpretations, whether it is limited to the invariant mass, or it applies to all energy. This paper argues that all of the energy (kg m2 s−2) has a mass (kg: a degree of weight and inertial resistance). Th...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/21776
Aims: The claim that the concept of lean thinking, especially the application of muda is applicable to a vast range of operations and processes in widely differing industries, offices, health care, etc. with only “tweaking of details” was tested in this paper on design features a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21784
Arid lands cover 17% of the world’s land. There, crop production largely depends on irrigation and frequently faces water shortages. Cotton is grown in arid lands, e.g. Central Asia and Northwest China. Today, the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, China has turned into the world’s most impo...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/22254
The purpose of the current study was to assess the determinants of the quantity of potato produced and marketed by smallholder farmers in Guinea. Potato has emerged as an attractive cash crop due to its income-generating potential and is one of the main sources of income for the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/21726
Taking smallholder settlements constituting a relatively compact set of two newly settled villages adjacent Northeastern Slopes of Aberdare, Central Kenya as the main research field, the study: investigates the migration patterns, kinship relations and emerging associational life...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/20368
Row transplanting is one of the good agronomic practices being promoted for lowland rice production in Ghana. The recently introduced ‘Sawah’ system promotes effective land preparation, good water management and row transplanting as well as the use of hand tools for weed control...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/21911
Aims: Evaluate the role of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by an additional cycle of chemotherapy and total mesorectal excision (TME) in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer on the rate of pathologic complete response (pCR) and tumor downstaging, their impac...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/22520
Aims: The study assessed the effect of limited soil phosphorus and drought on yield sensitivity and root architectural development of low phosphorus tolerant common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) materials Study Design: This was a randomised complete block design in which 2*3*5 fac...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/19451
Today, the amount of the sewage sludge coming from domestic and industrial waste water which appear due to population increase, industrialization and urban growth has reached a level that is threatening human health and the environment. It is of crucial importance that the sewage...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/22279
Ravindra Sharma, Keshaw Tiwari, Vanessa Mathew Belmar, Sunil Kumar, Sagar M. Goyal, Victor A. Amadi, Natalie Watson & Harry Hariharan·Microbiology Research Journal International·2015
Aim: This study was carried out to assess the prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in free range chickens in Grenada, West Indies and to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates. Study Design: Cloacal swabs were collected from 315 free range chickens from randomly selec...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/21741
Aim: To determine the bacteriological and physico-chemical qualities of borehole water in Auta Balefi, community. Place and Duration of Study: Auta Balefi, Community, Karu LGA, Nasarawa State; Department of Biological Sciences, Bingham University, Karu, between April 2015 and Jun...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22360