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
Aims: The main objective of this study was to test competitive path models describing the relationship between Work–Home Interference, job burnout and job satisfaction. Study Design: Data was obtained from a sample of 95 dentists. A conceptual model in which burnout totally media...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15809
Aims: Single-leg triple jump for distance (SLTJD) is a common test used to assess footedness. Inter-limb differences in leg stiffness (KLEG), ankle dynamic joint stiffness (ADJS), and knee dynamic joint stiffness (KDJS) are expected to be present. The objective of the present stu...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15820
To reduce or curb solid waste management challenges in Ejisu–Juabeng Municipality of Ghana, it is incumbent to quantify the solid waste composition generated at source (household level) and current disposal methods. Kwamo, Ejisu and Fumesua were selected based on the premise of c...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15361
Background: Obesity is considered an emergency health problem through out the world and is characterized by an increase in the number and size of adipocytes in adipose tissue. Some phytochemical bioactive have been shown to inhibit adipocyte differentiation and induce adipocyte a...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16273
Aim: This study aimed to solve one of the problems which Jatropha curcas seeds (JCS) oil extraction industry is facing in the Northern part of Nigeria; the lack of efficient small scale oil extraction machines. A small scale JCS oil extraction machine was therefore designed, deve...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15148