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Safety of Arnica/Echinacea Powder in the Care of the Umbilical Stump

Elisabetta Scurati-Manzoni, Diego Luotti, Federica Poletti, Raffaella Visentin, Gianbachisio Melis & Andrea Guala · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

The main concerns about neonates’ umbilical stump are delay in its falling, umbilical cord infections and bleeding. Optimal umbilical cord care is therefore an important issue for both nurseries’ staff and neonates’ caregivers. Many investigators have explored the optimal cord ca...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/14969

Challenges and Opportunities for Restoring the Threatened Mangroves

Kelvin Ngongolo, Samuel Mtoka & Anna Mahulu · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

Restoration of mangrove forests has to be a continuous process. It is important to reverse the loss of mangrove ecosystem worldwide by using various approaches as this ecosystem provides important ecosystem services such as habitat for organisms, recycling of nutrients, controlli...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/8922

Bias in Recruited Sample Research on Children with Same-Sex Parents Using the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

D. Paul Sullins · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

Aims: To test for the presence of bias on use of a common psychometric instrument, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), in studies of children with same-sex parents using a recruited convenience sample. Study Design: Non-parametric quasi-experimental two-group comp...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15298

Impact of Lagos Eko Secondary Education Project on Academic Performance of Students in West Africa Senior School Certificate Examinations

Mufutau B. Akinwande & Moruf A. Okunola · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

This study aimed to investigate the impact of the Lagos Eko Secondary Education Project (LESEP) on the average academic performance of students in the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Agege Local Government Area (LGA) of Lagos State, Nigeria. Convinci...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15416

Review of Noise Suppression in Package Generators

Sunday Okerekehe Okpighe · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

Review of Noise Suppression in Package Generators is reported. Shortfall in power generation, distribution and availability to the populace in developing economies has compelled the populace to embrace the usage of package generators in their domestic and commercial activities. T...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/12391

Determination of Some Petrophysical Properties of Reservoir Rocks in the Niger Delta

A. Akintola Sarah, U. Akpabio Julius & C. Nduamaka Francis · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

In formation evaluation, the knowledge of porosity, permeability and fluids saturation are very important in the determination of the hydrocarbon in place. These petro physical properties are necessary to understand the nature of the reservoir and help for proper field developmen...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15096

Medical Waste: Environmental Health Hazard in the Northern Part of Bangladesh

Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Tamanna Akhter Tanu & Masum A. Patwary · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

Introduction: This study explores the types of Healthcare Establishments (HCEs) and their amount and kind of medical waste generation and the types in 27 HCE in Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) area include hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic canters. Private HCE’s providing surgica...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/11052

The Relationship between Privatization and Occupational Safety in Coal Industryin Turkey; A Statistical Review of Coal Mine Accidents

Fatih Yilmaz · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Aims: The purpose of the article is to examine the causes of the increase in work-related accidents in the coal mining industry in Turkey. Furthermore, the article aims to investigate the impact of private sector employment and privatization process to occupational health and saf...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15125

Compacton, Peakon and Solitary Wave Solutions of the Osmosis K (3,2) Equation

Junde Chen, Jing Chen & Jiangbo Zhou · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

In this paper, the bifurcation method of planar systems and simulation method of differential equations are employed to investigate the bounded traveling wave solutions of the osmosis K (3,2) equation. Our results show that this equation admits a variety of physical solutions suc...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/14958

An Ion Pairing Approach to Enhance Oral Bioavailability of Alendronate

Basma N. AbdEl-Hamid, Ghareb M. Soliman, Mohamed A. Attia & Giovanni M. Pauletti · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Aim: Alendronate (AL) is a nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate drug that exhibits limited oral bioavailability due to predominantly hydrophilic molecular properties. To enhance oral absorption of this important osteoporosis drug, a novel ion-pairing strategy using the cationic pol...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/13975

Analytical Solutions of Strongly Non-linear Problems by the Iteration Perturbation Method

A. M. El-Naggar & G. M. Ismail · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

This paper applies modified He's iteration perturbation method to study periodic solutions of strongly nonlinear oscillators. Some examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness and convenience of the method. The results are compared with the numerical solution and the compar...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/14364

Fat Free Mass and Upper Arm Muscle Area as Measures of Muscularity in Tribal and Non-tribal Indian College Students

Sutapa Datta, Subhra Chattopadhyay, Asankur Sekhar Das & Chandan Mitra · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

Aims: Primarily, to assess fat free mass (FFM) and upper arm muscle area (UAMA) as measures of muscularity in tribal and non-tribal college students, and secondly, to examine muscularity, as an index of nutritional status, in these two populations. Study Design: Cross-sectional s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/14283

Pastoral Mobility in a Spatially Constrained Environment: A Case of Butana locality in Northern Gedarif State, Sudan

Yasin Abdalla Eltayeb Elhadary · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

This paper is designed to explain the main constraints that hinder pastoral mobility in arid and semi-arid lands. It aims to investigate the main factors behind the decline of herd mobility. It also determines the implications of mobility constraints on pastoral farming. The data...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/11344