Centuries ago in the Roman Empire the satirist, Juvenal raised the question: Quis custodiet ipsos custodies? This means literally: “Who watches the watchmen?” or “Who guards the guards?” In addition, it points to promoting the upholding of moral good acts among both the citizens...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/19511
Fertility views and hair color preferences of women in college men (n=69) were investigated in the current study. Two articles were used to prime participants to think about fertility levels as low and getting pregnant as challenging, or fertility levels as high and getting pregn...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/21683
An experiment to identify an efficient strategy to optimize biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in three soybean varieties {Jenguma (TGx1448-2E), Anidaso and Quarshie (TGx1445-2E)} was conducted in the experimental field of the CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Nyankpa...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20072
Objective: The aim of our study was to evaluate role of Color Doppler ultrasound in suspected vasculogenic cause of male impotence in both erect and flaccid state of penis. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in Department of Radiodiagnosis, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospita...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/17929
Land use and land cover change in River Lwiro micro-catchment was assessed for the period 1987-2010 using satellite imagery of Landsat 5 and 7. Images were clustered into four categories: forest, built-up areas, wetland and small scale farmland area; using unsupervised classifica...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/15850
This study investigated the effects of Ethnomathematics-based instructional approach on pupils’ achievement in geometry. One research question and one null hypothesis, tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. Specifical...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/19079
Weirs are utilized for measuring of discharge, diminishing the water slope in canals and dissemination of water between canals for irrigation, etc. Classical sharp crested weir is associated with increases in turbulence and bed problems in downstream resulting in scouring activit...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20256
This study provides an econometric analysis of the link between infant mortality and carbon dioxide emissions in four south Asian countries-Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh- for the period 1978-2010 while controlling other variables, inflation, trade, remittance and rura...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20350
Comparative toxicity testing of three petroleum products (Kerosene, Petrol and Diesel) were evaluated against hermit crab, Clibanarius africanus (Aurivillus) from University of Lagos Lagoon front within the Lagos Lagoon was carried out in the ecotoxicological laboratory using sem...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/19883
It has been widely documented that ENSO factors play vital rule in climate variability over many parts of the globe. In this study, used only high pressure centers and their location as a variable and found useful explanation in the variability of the Avoca River. It is clearly e...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20613
Alioune Dior Fall, Oubri Bassa Gbati, William Diatta, Rock Allister Lapo, Kady Diatta-Badji, Mbaye Dieng, Serigne Ibra Mbacké Dieng, Emmanuel Bassene & Louis Joseph Pangui·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the anticoccidian activity of ethanol roots extract and fractions in chicken experimentally infested by oral administration of coccidia’s oocysts solution. Methods: Ethanol roots extract was fractionated by column chromatograph...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/21343
Matured African catfish (Heterobranchus bidorsalis), size ranging from 1.40-2.00 kg average total body weight (TBW) and mean length 44.50 cm were procured from a private fish farm and transported in perforated 50 litre water holding capacity jerry can to the hatchery and maintain...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20510
An experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of planting date and plant densities on yield and yield components of sweet corn at agricultural and resources research center of Razavi Khorasan, Iran during 2009 growing season. A split plot experiment, based on randomized...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/19592
This study was conducted to assess the impact of rural infrastructural projects in Ondo State using the bottom-up approach (Community Drive Development) through the Ondo State Community and Social Development Agency (ODCSDA). A multi-stage sampling technique was used. In the thre...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20041
Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient needed for plant growth, root development and grain production. Application of humic acid (HA) is considered to improve the plant growth and enhances stress tolerance. The decrease in amount of arable land and hiking prices of chemical fert...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20455