The functions and benefits of forest canopy cannot be over-emphasized. Hence, there is need for the assessment of forest canopy cover and tree benefits in Okomu National Park, Nigeria. Assessment of different land cover types, quantification of forest trees and the environmental...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i830301
Single layer and bilayer Y3+-doped Ba0.65Sr0.35TiO3 (BST) thin-film cantilever beam, of which the single BST film thickness is 500 nm, was prepared on a composite silicon substrate. The flexoelectric coefficients of both types of BSTs were measured using a low frequency vibration...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i830300
Balancing productivity, profitability, human health, and environmental health is a key challenge for agricultural sustainability. After WW2, however, U.S. government agricultural subsidies have created cheap corn that the processed food industry has infused into virtually every a...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i830299
Aims: The study determined the effect of post-harvest losses of yam on the socio-economic sustenance of farmers in Nasarawa State Nigeria. It also described the socio-economic status of farmers; determined the average quantities of yam lost for the years in review (2014-2018). St...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i830298
Aims: An essential path to economic growth and expansion is commercialization of smallholder agriculture for the greatest number of emerging countries that depend on agriculture. Hence, the need to examine agricultural commercialization and food security nexus among maize farmers...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i830297
Background: Nigeria has the second largest burden of maternal to child transmission of HIV (MTCT) in the world at a rate of 30% and has the largest burden of paediatric HIV infection globally at the rate of 10%. Effective prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT)...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i830296
The dielectric constant, dielectric loss factor and Q-Factor of orange, red and green apples were studied at Microwave frequency range. An algorithm was written using the Debye equations and the interactive problem-solving environment of Maple-18 was used to generate results for...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i830295
Ebenezer Olujimi Dada, Ilesanmi Ademola Ojo, Abass Olanrewaju Alade, Tinuade Jolaade Afolabi, Monsurat Omolola Jimoh & Monsuru Olatunji Dauda·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2020
The dyes in the effluents discharged into water bodies, aimlessly, are displeasing aesthetically and pose hazards to aquatic communities. The use of adsorption process has been adopted for effective treatment of wastewater containing dyes. The removal of Bromophenol blue (BPB), B...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i830294
This study was aimed to measure the effect of extrusion on the molecular degradation and physical characteristics of the sago starch by employing response surface method. The starch was extruded in a twin screw extruder with moisture contents of 25, 32.5, and 40%; melt temperatur...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i830292
This study examines the sensitivity of the posterior mean to change in the prior assumptions. Three plausible choices of prior which include informative, relative-non informative and non-informative priors are considered. The paper considers information level for a prior to cause...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i730291