The present study was carried out to determine the concentrations of selected heavy metals Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb in four stations of east coast of Bay of Bengal waters. A total number of 60 samples were collected from offshore of Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, Bheemili and Kali...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16488
Accurate prediction and determination of the effective earth radius factor (k-factor) is critical for optimal performance in the design and planning of terrestrial line of sight communication links. In this work an artificial neural network (ANN) model is developed and used to pr...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16160
The multi-level programming problems, have received much interest from researchers because of their application in several areas such as economic, traffic, finance, management, transportation and so on. Among these, the bi-level programming problem (BLPP) is an appropriate tool t...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15831
Many people lack awareness and good knowledge about radiation and its uses in medicine as it has been figured out that significant segments of the public society have a wrong idea and abnormal fear from unwarranted irradiation. For these reasons, a population in the Middle East w...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15300
In this paper, we consider a discrete multispecies Gilpin-Ayala type competition-predator system. Firstly, permanence of the system is studied. Assume that the coefficients in the system are almost periodic sequences, we obtain the sufficient conditions for the existence of a uni...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16779
In this work, we study the effect of the substrate temperature (ST) during sputter-deposition as well as co-sputtering deposition on the fabrication of nanostructured Ni-Mn-Sn thin films. Sputtered films show Mn losses of around 10 at.% while the average grain size (<d>) in...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16672
One of the ways to get thorough knowledge to food handlers is self-reporting. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare self-reporting and routine inspection of Environmental Health Inspectors (EHIs) on elimination of health defects in food production and distribution cen...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16370
Background: The use of pollen grains to establish the geographical and botanical origin of honey samples, and for supplying information concerning to the floral class of a honey produced in a region, has been employed since 1895. Pollen analysis has relevant significance for the...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16799
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