Waste management remains a matter of concern even in the most industrialized countries. The symbiotic relationship between industrialization and population growth on one hand and waste generation on the other hand, is undeniable. In developing counties the scourge of waste manage...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/11224
The norm of elastic constant tensor and the norms of the irreducible parts of the elastic constants of potassium, Sodium and Rubidium compounds are calculated. The relation of the scalar parts norm and the other parts norms and the anisotropy of these compounds are presented. The...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12563
Some new sufficient conditions are established for the oscillation of all solutions of the second order neutral difference equation of the form where The results obtained here are new and further improve and complement some known results in the literature. Examples are provided t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/16079
A modified Adomian decomposition method is developed for the numerical solution of Eleventhorder initial and boundary value problems. The approximate solutions of the problems are calculated in the form of a rapid convergent series and on one and both grid points. The calculated...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/16155
Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) is becoming more prominent as an alternative to Covariance Based Structural Equation Modeling (CB-SEM) because the technique employ is much comfortable. Thereby, this research paper intend to present guide on how to carr...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/15218
Aim: Alternative fuels have become more prominent today because of environmental concerns. Due to the increase in the use of alternative fuels, toxicology studies have become imperative to determine whether alternative fuels will affect the biochemistry of aquatic organisms. Stud...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/17058
A. Garba, O. V. Modupe, A. A. Dzikwi, A. A. Ogun, A. Zaharaddeen, F. S. Umar, P. A. Okewole, J. U. Umoh, M. S. Ahmed, P. Yager, L. A. Orciari & M. Niezgoda·Advances in Research·2015
Aim: To compare the ability of the direct rapid immunohistochemistry test (DRIT) and the gold standard test, luorescent antibody test, (FAT) to detect rabies virus antigen in the brains of slaughtered dogs from Niger State in the northern region of Nigeria. Study Design: Cross se...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/14022
The aim was assess the reliability of the Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) as appropriate index to adjust early weather warnings for the coffee sector in Colombia. The study was conducted in the National Coffee Research Center (Cenicafé), Manizales, Colombia between January 2013 and June...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/15876
A field experiment conducted in 2014 at Nsukka, Nigeria was aimed to study the effect of cutting height and poultry manure on the growth of Panicum maximum. Nine treatments were evaluated as factorial combinations of poultry manure applied at 0, 5 and 10 ton ha-1 and cutting heig...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/16424
The objective was to evaluate the correlation between behaviour al and intake variables of Holstein calves fed pellets and meal. Twelve pure Holstein calves with initial average age of 10 days and weight of 27.5 kg were used; The experimental design used in this study was a 2 x 2...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/13891
A study to determine the haematology and carcass visual appraisal of broiler chickens fed basal feeds supplemented with different leaf meals was conducted. Four treatments: Basal proprietary broiler feed only (T1 - PBF) as control, basal proprietary broiler feeds with Centrosema...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/16152
The study assessed the use of indigenous communication media among rural dwellers of Osun state to determine their knowledge level. Specifically, indigenous communication media that are often utilized by the rural dwellers were identified and socio-economic characteristics were d...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/9743
The current challenges of climate change and the fluctuating oil prices on the world market make it imperative to consider cheaper and alternative sources of energy for agricultural and rural development in Ghana. Solar energy is an environmentally friendly source of energy as co...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/16367
Phytoplankton are primary producers in aquatic ecosystem and play an important role in the food chain or web in aquatic ecosystem. This research compared rate of production of plankton from poultry droppings and cow dung against control (no manure) and the impacts on the physico-...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14324
The growth and survival of some fungi associated with composted and pretreated sawdust particularly for mushroom cultivation were investigated on two growth media; Cooke’s and Oxytetracycline Glucose Yeast Extract (OGYE). Some fungi were isolated during the composting of sawdust...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16521