The aim of the study was to assess the carbon footprints of students in the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria, to determine the amount of carbon generated from unaccounted sources. The study was carried out in March, 2016, in 3 out of 10 Colleges in the University, purp...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/28229
Aims: To assess weather variability and climate change impacts on the mental health of a small fishing community in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Study Design: To this study, a fishing community strongly familiarized with the region was selected. Interviews were held with the most active fi...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/26194
Aims: To review some previous work on biodesulfurization and adsorptive desulfurization of diesel fuel. Study Design: The emissions from fossil fuels have been established to be a major contributor to global warming and acid rain which deteriorates the environment and infrastruct...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/26909
In this paper, a modification of Bourgoyne and Young ROP model has been derived. Bourgoyne and Young recommend multiple regression method to determine unknown coefficients. However, applying multiple regressions leads to physically meaningless values in some situation. Although s...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/27061
Aims: At present, rice husk is being used in many applications as a biomass resource. The method of rice husk quality evaluation, especially solubility, is not codified and therefore values cannot be compared across regions and institutions. In this study, the solubility of silic...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/27239
This study explores the most often used language learning strategy in English class among secondary school students of International Islamic School in Gombak, Malaysia based on gender, age and grades. For the purpose of this study, three language learning strategies were adopted...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/25050
Aims: This study was conducted to analyse rainfall variability and assess its effects on pasture availability, over the period 1983 to 2014. Study Design: The study employed causal research design, in order to highlight the changes in pasture availability in response to rainfall...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/26901
Let R be a prime ring with char(R) ≠ 2, Z(R) the center of R and L be a nonzero square closed Lie ideal of R. An additive mapping F : R → R is called a generalized derivation on R if there exists a derivation d : R → Rsuch that F(xy) = xF(y) + d(x)y for all x, y ∈ R. In the prese...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/26822
The current study assessed the impact of Information Technology (IT) on teaching and learning in some Nigerian secondary schools based on students’ perception. The Awka Education Zone of Anambra State was the geographical area of coverage. The objective of the research was to ass...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/26366
Aims: To identify the factors that drive graduate students to adopt technology applications in their learning process and thereby we offer insights into the design and implementation of new learning methodologies and resources. Study Design: Utilization of audio-visual cases in a...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/19538