Weirs are utilized for measuring of discharge, diminishing the water slope in canals and dissemination of water between canals for irrigation, etc. Classical sharp crested weir is associated with increases in turbulence and bed problems in downstream resulting in scouring activit...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20256
This study provides an econometric analysis of the link between infant mortality and carbon dioxide emissions in four south Asian countries-Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh- for the period 1978-2010 while controlling other variables, inflation, trade, remittance and rura...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20350
Comparative toxicity testing of three petroleum products (Kerosene, Petrol and Diesel) were evaluated against hermit crab, Clibanarius africanus (Aurivillus) from University of Lagos Lagoon front within the Lagos Lagoon was carried out in the ecotoxicological laboratory using sem...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/19883
It has been widely documented that ENSO factors play vital rule in climate variability over many parts of the globe. In this study, used only high pressure centers and their location as a variable and found useful explanation in the variability of the Avoca River. It is clearly e...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20613
Urban waste management, collection and disposal have always been a universal problem. Extant literatures have documented the importance of solid waste management to the urban environment. Yet the performance of the authorities charged with the responsibility of solid waste manage...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/16382
Background: Although most rural communities in developing countries (DCs) use medicinal plants (MPs) for various health conditions, not enough studies have been conducted to ascertain their vernacular and scientific names, and their specific indications. Aim: The present study ai...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/10081
Background: Women are vulnerable to HIV infections because of their biological make up and present means used for HIV and STIs prevention. At first was male condom of which women had no control as a strategy of HIV and AIDS prevention as well as prevention of unwanted pregnancy....
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/10891
Objective: Varicose veins of the lower limb are being treated with a number of modalities, mostly by surgical methods. Present study was conducted to compare foam sclerotherapy with surgical treatment of varicose veins. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in Deen Dayal...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/17932
Bottle-up and top-down are two main computing models in granular computing (GrC). The bottle-up granular computing is used to form decision tree classifiers, or DTCGrC for short. Algorithm DTCGrC constructs a framework of granular computing by the bottle-up join operation which m...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/19523
Aims: To assess actual and perceived climate variability within smallholder communities in Meru county. Study Design: A cross-section survey to obtain data on farmers’ perceptions and using Long term hydro-climatic records. Place and Duration of the Study: Targeted smallholder fa...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20239
The common-law principles of vicarious liability hold an employer liable for the delicts committed by its employees, where the employees are acting in the course and scope of their duty as employees. The principle of vicarious liability ascribes liability to an employer where its...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/19190
Stilling basins are in common use when designing heading-up hydraulic structures such as barrages, dams, weirs …etc. This research paper investigates the effect of stilling basin shapes with different heights of end step on the characteristics of submerged hydraulic jump and the...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21452
The recent development of green building and green operations have reached hotel industry, that more and more travelers demand hotels to make green policies. In response, hoteliers devoted their resources into making hotels greener. This study intends to provide an FAHP evaluatio...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20106
Formal mining started in Plateau State as far back as 1902 with Tin and Columbite as major targets. The occurrence of these minerals brought about intense mining activities in the state. The early growth and development of the areas covered by the Naraguta Topographical Sheet 168...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/18932
This paper considers the synthesis of robust anti-windup compensators using direct models for stable multivariable linear time invariant uncertain plants. An internal model control antiwindup compensator as a special case of the direct model, preserves the robust stability of the...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/19655