Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of quarry mining activities on malaria prevalence in rural communities of Ebonyi state, Nigeria. Study Design: A comparative cross sectional study design. Place and Duration of Study: Rural communities of Ebonyi State sou...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/30004
In present paper we introduce the concepts of mixed g-monotone property and △g-symmetric property, where g is single valued mapping, for multi-valued mapping under any number of variables and use it to obtain some existence and uniqueness fixed points for hybrid pair of mappings...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/28914
This paper adopts the principle of Malmquist productivity growth index calculation to analyze the Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) for recent 10 years and its reverse technological spillover to the home country. To this end, the paper uses the two-stage (parametri...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/30099
Bamboo is an exceptional ancillary for timbers. It has more than 150 years history as indicated in different scientific investigations. Bamboo is a perennial plant, highest yielding, the fastest growing and renewable natural resource. Global climate change has been identified as...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/28926
Worldwide, approximately 200 million individuals are currently suffering from Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Diabetes mellitus is associated with hyperglycemia; which induces oxidative stress that is responsible for the various complications associated with the disease. This stud...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/29318
During the Roman Empire, two women Carfinia and Calphurnia, offended the sensibilities of the Courts. Carfinia vexed a praetor with her pleading and Calphurnia, pleading before the Senate, lost her case and in an act of extreme contempt of Court, turned her back to the judges, li...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/28732
This paper replicates the three types of patterns of child sexual abuse of Canter, Hughes and Kirby [1] based on frequency and co-occurrence of different patterns of abusive behaviors. In a sample of 206 Spanish men convicted of child sexual abuse, three abusive patterns are obta...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/29789
This work proposes an analytical design procedure for some types of 2D recursive filters useful in frequency plane partitioning, namely diamond, parallelogram, fan or wedge-shaped filters with a specified bandwidth and orientation. Such filters can be used as components of partic...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/29802
Smoking impacts the living standards of households in addition to its damaging consequences on the health status of households that use tobacco. Given a fixed household budget, the consumption of essential household commodities are affected by their decision to smoke or not, espe...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/29597
Aims: This study examined post-harvest storage losses in rice in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Ekiti State, Nigeria between May 2014 and August 2014. Methodology: Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 150 rice farmers fro...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/29652
Wang Hao, Zhan Jianbo, Yu Jiang, Yu Yao, Cheng Liang, Yu Zhenhua, Zhang Ying, Li Gen, Yue Baoshan, Li Muyan, Ji Yafeng, He Danfeng, Chen Chen, Fu Rongrong, Wang Xiuxiu, Zan Na, Perin Deniz, Zheng Han, Ding Wei, Zhang Jing, Yu Tingting, Xie Jiao, Wang Tao, Gong Weimin, Gui Yongfa, Ding Haiyan, Li Liwei, Li Zhiqiang, Gao Li & Li Tinghua·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2016
Influence of cigarette draw resistance between 860-1130Pa on Benz [a] Pyrene in mainstream cigarette smoke was carried out, and contribution to cigarette hazard index was also studied. The experimental results showed that the contribution degree of is uniform, which is different...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/28737
The spatial distribution of diatoms and nutrients concentration in a mangrove swamp of Eastern Obolo was investigated during dry and wet seasons. This research was to establish the distribution pattern of diatom at ten stations with nutrients level, salinity, TDS (Total Suspended...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/29373
Accurate measurement of energy expenditure and estimate physical activity is extremely important in terms of health outcome and effectiveness of intervention programs. However, total energy expenditure, apart from physical activity, includes basal energy expenditure and food ther...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/29825
Aims: To examine the involvement of stake holders in the management of Yankari Game Reserve (YGR). Study Design: The study is a survey that is cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at YGR, Bauchi, Nigeria between June...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/29457
Aims: To demonstrate an analysis for vitamin B6 from commercial aqueous nutritional drinks and solid tablets, utilizing isocratic conditions with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and UV detection at 290 nm. Study Design: Vitamin B6 in the form of pyridoxine hydrochlo...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/28991