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Awareness and Willingness to Utilize Health and Safety Measures among Woodworkers of a Timber Processing Firm in Ghana

Stephen J. Mitchual, Mark Donkoh & Francis Bih · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

Reports from studies on occupational health and safety in the wood industry indicate that woodworkers are exposed to various types and degrees of hazards ranging from bacterial, viral and chemical infections to physical injury. In this study therefore, the awareness of occupation...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15786

Novel Edible Coating of Fresh-cut Fruits: Application to Prevent Calcium and Vitamin D Deficiencies in Children

Rosa Raybaudi-Massilia, Florangel Vásquez, Ana María Reyes, Graciela Troncone & María Soledad Tapia · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

Aims: To enrich fresh-cut tropical fruits such s papaya, guava and banana with calcium and Vitamin D by applying based-alginate edible coatings, and to evaluate its adequacy levels in the daily requirements of children in school age, and as well as, to study both their physicoche...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15964

Heavy Metal Concentration in the Soil and Sediment of Kotur Industrial Area Hyderabad, India

E. I. Okoyeh, N. N. Murthy, R. K. Mohan & K. A. Krishna · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

Heavy metal accumulations in the environment are major sources of pollution and contamination. Soil samples were collected from Kotur industrial area and analysed for heavy metal concentration such as Vanadium, Chromium, Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Zinc, Barium, Lead, Rubidium, Stron...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15858

Test of Host Sanction Hypothesis in Soybean Plants Co-inoculated with Nitrogen Fixing and Non-fixing Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Diana E. Marco, Chouhra Talbi & Eulogio J. Bedmar · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

Aims: We tested the proposed mechanism for potential sanctions, that the plant would reduce viability of non-fixing rhizobia inside nodules, performing viable Bradyrhizobium japonicum counts from co-occupied and single-occupied nodules in co-inoculated soybean plants. Study Desig...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15510

Couple Stress Fluid Past a Porous Spheroidal Shell with Solid Core under Stokesian Approximation

T. K. V. Iyengar & T. S. L. Radhika · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

The present paper deals with the flow of an incompressible couple stress fluid past a porous spheroidal shell which is made up of two confocal prolate spheroids S0 and S1 where S0 is within S1. The spheroid S0 is taken to be a solid and the annular region between S0 and S1 is por...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/13368

Small-Scale Rural Agro-Processing Enterprises in Ghana: Status, Challenges and Livelihood Opportunities of Women

Richard Ampadu-Ameyaw & Rose Omari · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

This paper explored the status, challenges and livelihood opportunities of women small scale agro processors in selected rural communities of the Ga East district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It aimed at identifying the needs and options available to these women and the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15523

Impact of Sacchromyce cerevisiae (Yeast) Supplementation in Varied Cereal-Based Broiler Starter Diets on Gut Microflora and Morphology

A. D. Ologhobo, Adighibe Lois Chidinma, O. O. Adeleye & I. O. Adejumo · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

The experiment investigated the effect of yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) on gut microflora and gut morphology integrity of broiler chickens. A total number of 324 day old Arbor Acres broilers chicks were allocated to 9 x 3 replicates pens consisting of twelve birds each. On...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15810

Maasai Community Perception of Oral Thrush: A Qualitative Study

Haikael Martin, Pammla Petrucka & Joram Buza · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

Aim: To determine perception and understanding of oral thrush among Maasai women of reproductive age (WRA), Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs), village leaders and health care workers in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA). Study Design: Cross sectional, qualitative research....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/14711

Seroprevalence of Anaplasma Infection in Sheep and Cattle in Kurdistan Province of Iran with an Overview of one Decades of its Epidemiological Status in Iran

Mohammad Khezri · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

Aim: Anaplasmosis is an important economic livestock disease. Limited information on its epidemiology in Iran is still lacking thus the aim of the study was to determine the seroprevalence of the disease in sheep and cattle in Kurdistan province of Western Iran with an overview o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15535

Characterisation of Distillery Molasses Stillage and Assessment of Water Quality of a River Running through a Sugar Cane Plantation in Southern Zimbabwe

A. Kanda, G. Nyamadzawo & J. Gotosa · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

The aims of this case study were to characterise partially-treated distillery molasses stillage, determine river pollutant loading and its self purification capacity during the dry season (April to September) in 2012 in southern Zimbabwe. Monthly water and stillage samples were a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/13732

Threats to the Conservation of Wetlands in Ghana: The Case of Songor Ramsar Site

John Adu Kumi, Mary Adu Kumi & Andrews Apraku · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

Wetlands are important ecosystems internationally recognized, as exemplified by the Ramsar Convention of 1971. They are diverse in terms of habitat, biota, distribution, functions and uses. Many wetlands have lost their pristine quality and have been transformed to modified ecosy...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/13906