Introduction: The disposal of Sewage Sludge (SS) or its application on farmlands is of public health concern, owing to the potentials of Heavy Metals (HMs) in SS to deteriorate soil, ground water quality and bioaccumulate in food chains. Conventional inorganic chelating agents us...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16967
A stroke is the leading cause of adult mortality and disability. It is the second most common cause of death globally and may soon become the first cause of death worldwide. Among the most important risk factors for stroke are advanced age, hypertension, diabetes, previous stroke...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17128
Carbonized particles of saw dust using maleic anhydride as coupling agent have been incorporated into high density polyethylene and polypropylene in the range of 10 – 50 wt % and injection moulded into rectangular sheets. The mechanical properties of the sheets were determined. T...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15500
Normal depth plays a significant role in the design of open channels and in the analysis of the non-uniform flow as well. Currently there is no analytical method for calculating the normal depth in the open channels. Current methods are either iterative or approximate and conside...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16682
The purpose of this study was to investigate physicians’ perceptions and expectations regarding clinical pharmacists working in the healthcare team. In addition, to determining the barriers that impede clinical pharmacists’ contributions to the team, from the physician’s point. A...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/11637
Aims: Oxidants are substances toxic in high concentration, but at low doses can stimulate biological activities of living organisms. The effect of oxidants on cells is modulated by multiple interacting antioxidant defence mechanism. The present study evaluated the individual role...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12552
Aims: The main aimwas to establish, if any, a trend in the amount and distribution of annual rainfall climatologyover Zambia. Study Design: Diverse statistical methods representing approaches in long term rainfall climatology analysis were employed. Place and Duration of Study: Z...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16189
Stock allocation is a system used to ensure that goods and services reach the ultimate users through efficient stocking in warehouses close to the consumers. The dire need for optimum distribution of goods to both retailers and consumers has caused a reasonable drift from ordinar...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14135
A commonly used rule for determining if a Binomial(n, p) distribution may be reasonably approximated by a normal distribution is whether or not np and n(1 – p) are at least some constant, such as 10. Two competing rules, one based on the binomial variance and the other based on t...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16653
Management of waste in Ghana is primarily the responsibility of District, Municipal and Metropolitan Assemblies in partnership with private waste management companies. The main objective of this study was to assess stakeholder views on waste and its management in Tamale Metropoli...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15283