In our daily life, we often come across various problems related to the high dimensionality of data. In such type of problems irrelevant and superfluous data along with useful data is also present. Thus, dimensionality reduction has found wide applications in data analysis and ma...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36960
Background: Segmental defects in long bones from any cause often present significant challenge to trauma reconstruction and orthopaedic surgeons. Various options for bridging extensive segmental bone defects have been tried in attempt to find the best method to achieve that. In d...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/34728
Anusheela Varadaraju, Bharathi Raja Ramadoss, John Joel, Kulandaivelu Ganesamurthy & Sundaram Ganesh Ram·Advances in Research·2017
The present study investigated the effects of EMS on crop phenotypes on four mungbean varieties viz., Co (6), Co (7), VRM and VBM. The germination percentage was affected by EMS treatment with increase in dose or concentration of mutagen. The doses can be determined by establishi...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/37248
Deepranjan Sarkar, Shikha ., S. Rakesh, Sabuj Ganguly & Amitava Rakshit·Advances in Research·2017
The present paper is a mini review of the increasing soil pollution in the environment and the possible handy options available, to curb its rate. Soil being a non-renewable resource, must be protected from all types of pollutants. The health of all life forms is associated with...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36622
Leather processing is one of the hazardous red listed industry which produce large quantity of effluent with high organic load and bulk quantity of solid wastes. The wastes generated from the tannery industry are most concerned and management of this waste should be in ecofriendl...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36197
Shikha Kumari, S. M. Verma, Hemant Kumar & Chandan Kumar Kyal·Advances in Research·2017
Aims: This study was conducted to investigate the antioxidant potential, antimicrobial activity and wound healing activity of ethyl acetate, butanol, and aqueous fractions of methanolic extract of leaves of Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) a locally used leave in Jharkhand, India. Place...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36610
Jihène Sahli, Mallouli Manel, Kaouthar Dahmène, Chekib Zedini, Ali Mtiraoui & Thouraya Nabli Ajmi·Advances in Research·2017
Introduction: Despite the benefits of breastfeeding, neither its duration, nor its exclusivity are respected by the majority of mothers. Among the modifiable factors and sensitive to the interventions of health professionals, the self-efficacy has been recognized as the most infl...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35717
A. Adepoju, Gafari, A. Ogunbiyi, Kazeem & A. Boladale, Taofik·Advances in Research·2017
This paper presents a survey of publications on Optimal Power Flow (OPF) analysis of longitudinal power system with emphasis on the Nigerian power grid. It explained the nitty-gritty of OPF analysis. The study revealed that application of heuristic optimization techniques to OPF...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36312
Zahoor Ahmad Shah, Rekhi Singh, Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, Jehangir Muzaffar Matoo & Rufaida Mir·Advances in Research·2017
The present study was conducted in district Shopian of Jammu and Kashmir in 2014 with sample size of 180 respondents. The district Shopian was purposively selected, because of the potential for the development of horticulture, mainly because 90% of the district was under apple cu...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35605
Md. Monir Hossain, Khaleda Khatun, Md. Ehsanul Haq, Montasir Ahmed & Md. Shefat-Al-Maruf·Advances in Research·2017
An experiment was carried out at the Agronomy Research field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from November, 2013 to April, 2014 with a view to observe the effect of micronutrients (Zn, B and Mn) with different levels of macronutrients...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36853