Slaughterhouse wastewater in Nigeria poses a risk to public health due to lack of treatment as the conventional treatment plants have proven non-sustainable. Constructed wetlands (CW) have emerged as an efficient technology for treatment of wastewater in developing countries beca...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/39333
Aim: This study is aimed at evaluating instant noodles produced using a composite mixture of wheat and orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) flour fortified with African yam bean (AYB) flour. Study Design: This was an analytical study done in replicates and sensory evaluation by 20...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/41174
Experiments were conducted to determine the turbulent scale characteristics in a Patchy vegetated channel with gravel bed. The analyses include the autocorrelation functions and integral length scales of turbulent energy. The general trend in the integral length scale is an incre...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/40847
Background: Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever found predominantly in West Africa with the potential to cause approximately 5,000 deaths per year. However, good knowledge of the disease may reduce the infection rate. The study assessed the knowledge of Lassa fever and its...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/39904
Security of life and properties is one of the basic provisions of a nations constitution which must be well protected at all times. For residential and industrial setups, there are so many security infractions that needed better solutions taken the advantages of the new developme...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/40031
Aims: A healthy Body Mass Index (BMI) is widely regarded as important for overall health that helps to avert and control many adverse health effects. It is also known that the sleep deprivation and dehydration have a strong impact on healthy life and sleep deprivation is common a...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/40858
The main aim of the current study was to examine factors affecting primary sexual abstinence among the male and female youth in Zambia. Data employed in this study was derived from the 2013 Zambia Demographic Health Survey. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify influ...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/41096
Qualitative and quantitative methods of data analysis and interpretation were employed on the bouguer gravity data obtained from the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) in Geo soft grid file format. The datasets cover Degema and Oloibiri area of southern Niger Delta. The stu...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/40199
The purpose of the study was to examine the comparative effectiveness of cognitive behavior and relaxation techniques among undergraduate students in Nigeria with primary insomnia. A non-randomized design involving pretest and posttest was used. A total sample of thirty-six under...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/40209
Intestinal helminthes are associated with the reduction in the level of haemoglobin. This abnormal reduction in haemoglobin results in anemia. The study determined the prevalence of parasitic infection and its relationship with haemoglobin level among primary school children in S...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/40025