This study was conducted in coastal communities of southern Nigeria to identify the factors influencing severe poverty of farming families. Through the multi-stage sampling, 80 farming families involving 60 males and 20 females were selected and were subsequently interviewed usin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8890
The consideration in the present study is mainly conceptual. The objective is to show how Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) can be used to reveal the true input-output relations in rice production. In the estimation of a production function, it is assumed that all firms use the exi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/7742
Aims: This article reports the development and the experimental results of the acceptability testing and comparison of speech and dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) for interacting with a speech application for carrying out banking transactions. Study Design: A within-subjects expe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/8741
This paper highlights the contribution of behavioral finance to explain market anomalies since the eighteens. Particularly, we use herding behavior approach to elucidate financial asset pricing. Our study is based on Hwang and Salmon methodology [1], in which we use a state space...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/8973
The purpose of this paper is to develop a regime switching technique to optimise mean and regression of a missing data set whose sample is small in size with a low degree of correlation. The data sets were first generated with a simple random method and later treated with the mis...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/8637
In desert regions, the water constitutes an indispensable supply to every human, animal or vegetable life. In the Algerian Sahara, where underground waters are the main exploitable hydric resources, saharian agriculturists make use of several traditional catchment processes. The...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/8959
This paper presents the results of physico-chemical parameters and heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd) contents in water sources of public supply of Tuzla and the surrounding area, as alternative sources of water supply. The study area was divided into six (6) sampling sites and the...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/8137
Aims: HMF (5-hydroxymethylfurfural) is considered an important quality parameter for honey. Elevated concentrations of HMF in honey provide an indication of origin, storage in poor conditions or age of honey. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effect of aging an...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/8095
The holy grail of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been the reproduction of the cognitive processes in Silicon based computing machines to mimic the human or animal cognitive behavior. Computationalism attempts to explain cognition in terms of different internal representations a...
Cafer Akpinar, Cemil kavalci, Fevzi Yilmaz, Mehmet Ali Ceyhan & Muhittin Serkan Yilmaz·Advances in Research·2014
Aim: This study was a prospective validation of the Ottawa Ankle Rules (OAR) in our patient population with ankle injury. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study conducted. Each patient’s demographic characteristics, radiography results, and status of meeting OAR crit...
Aims: The majority of human breast tumors are estrogen receptor α (ERα) positive. However, not all of the ERα+ breast cancers respond to anti-estrogens drugs for those women who do respond, initial positive responses can be of short duration. Thus, more effective drugs are needed...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8484
The study aimed to obtain the estimates of a production function for fish production in the Amansie-West District of Ghana, West Africa, using primary data collected from 45 registered farmers. Factor elasticities and returns to scale were estimated, as well as the coefficients f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/8625
This study aims to identify and classify the degree of creative thinking practices implemented by middle school teachers from their own perspective. All English language teachers in Al Qunfudah School District during the academic year (2012/2013) are included in this study. A que...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9165
Aims: This paper examines Chinese university EFL learners’ perceptions of utilizing computer assisted instruction (CAI) in their language learning as well as digital learning resources to develop their English language and cultural knowledge in a new learning environment. Methodo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8803
Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an acute neuromuscular weakness and paralysis associated with areflexia and often spontaneous recovery, but carries the potential risk of respiratory depression owing to muscle weakness. Worldwide, 1 to 3 cases/100,000 are reported. The syndrome i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7226