Esther Gyedu-Akoto, Daniel Yabani, John Sefa & Dominic Owusu·Advances in Research·2015
Consumer demand for natural and organic personal care products has increased steadily due to the fact that some synthetic chemicals have been proven to be harmful to human health. Soaps are general personal hygiene and general cleaning products and they can either be natural or s...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/17029
J. A. Anejo-Okopi, A. E. J. Okwori, G. Michael, O. J. Okojokwu & O. Audu·Advances in Research·2015
Aims: The study was aimed at determining bacterial prevalence and their susceptibility to commonly used antibiotics. Study Design: The research was a cross sectional study which cuts across all age group and gender. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Ba...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/15234
A. R. M. Towfiqul Islam, Z. M. M. Sein, Victor Ongoma, M. Saidul Islam, M. Foysal Alam & Farid Ahmed·Advances in Research·2015
The study presents geomorphological and land use mapping of the north western part of Ishwardi Upazila under Pabna district, Bangladesh. The objective of the research was to identify geomorphologicalunits and to prepare geomorphological and land use mapping based on remote sensin...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/14149
Aims/ The structure of the solutions to the one dimensional focusing nonlinear Schr¨odinger equation (NLS) for the order N in terms of quasi rational functions is given here. We first give the proof that the solutions can be expressed as a ratio of two wronskians of order 2N and...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/16827
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
Natália Pinheiro Orti, Alessandra Turini Bolsoni-Silva & Míriam Bratfisch Villa·Advances in Research·2015
The present study assesses the effects of a semi-structured intervention held exclusively with mothers and its effects on internalizing problems, social skills of children, and positive and negative parenting practices. The single subject experimental design with three participan...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/16181
Sacred buildings like other types of buildings have to communicate to their users. Users must be comfortable and relate to the spaces provided in a positive way. When buildings are designed to respond passively to their climate, occupants feel comfortable and energy is conserved....
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/16711
In Connectedness Decision paradigm (CDP), by integrating spirituality and rationality, spiritual rationality can help maintain connectedness with One as shared inherent purpose in an individual’s life. By considering spiritual rationality, we can gain a right decision: a decision...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/16595