Aims: Although social and material characteristics are known determinants of health behaviours, there is no information on whether these factors influence human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine decision-making. Moreover, few studies consider the potentially important influence of reg...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10201
Aims: To examine the best count data model for injury data in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). To compare the best count data model with traditional logistic regression model in analyzing injury data in NHIS. Data Source: 2006-2010 medically consulted non-occupational...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/9490
The influences of seasonal changes of water properties from Imphal River were investigated in four locations. A range of water quality variables were measured in the river over a period of 12 months. Four selected sites viz, Khonghampat, Heingang, Mahaballi and Kiyamgei were subj...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7374
Aim: Empirical evidence suggests the existence of individual differences in people’s susceptibility to fear of fatness, usually occasioned by the increasingly pervasive norms in many parts of the world in which slimness is associated with health, beauty, intelligence and self-dis...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10286
Aim of the Study: This study aimed to highlight the barriers in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) management in Pakistan. Place and Duration of Study: Primary health care facilities (18 in total) of rural areas in Punjab province, conducted on January 2014....
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/11900
The removal kinetics and mechanism of alizarin red-s dye, adsorptions on coconut shell activated carbon [CSAC] is studied. The use of low cost ecofriendly adsorbent has been investigated as an ideal alternative to the current expensive methods of removing the dye from aqueous sol...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/8005
The aim of this study was to determine the levels of twelve elements (Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni Pb and Zn) in samples of palm oil (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) from eight (8) towns in Abia State, South-eastern Nigeria. Samples were collected from markets in 8 towns in Jan...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/11428
Aims: Religious beliefs can help the patients with cancer to cope with the physical and mental sufferings following diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of cancer on the patients’ religious beliefs. Study Design: Descriptive cr...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/7477
Optimization of scarce resources use is critical in agriculture production of Sudan. Since resources are economical inputs, the aim should be when optimizing resources use to obtain maximum production per unit. In Sudan, the tenants have compiled numerous crops in order to maximi...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/9945
Aim: To report findings from various sources indicating that smaller sized humans live longer. Study Design: Collected mortality and longevity data from a variety of diverse studies involving animals and humans. Also collected longevity data from many nations and ethnic groups. E...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/11268
Aims: Swallowing is a complex mechanism subjected to functional changes with aging, which may result either in compensatory mechanisms associated to healthy aging (presbyphagia) or to pathogenetic trajectories leading to dysphagia. Little is known on the multifactorial origin of...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/11017
Background: The purpose of this study was to gather and consider the views of different employer and employees involved in medical waste handling and management in Dhaka, Bangladesh where the social stratifications and behavioural attitudes are likely to be compounded to influenc...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/11038
Tourism is a complex activity that is related to different sectors of society and economy. Nowadays, the role and importance of this industry is main factor of every developed country, so they are trying to maximize utilization of the industry. This means that one of the importan...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/11234
Northern Sudan is considered as one of the main suppliers of perennials in the country. The production of perennial crops in the region faces numerous shortcomings regarding crop productivity, high cost of agricultural inputs and inefficiency in agricultural resource use. This pa...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/9946
Aims: The aim of this paper is to provide a note on “Soft matrix theory and its decision making”. Study Design: In a recent paper [N. Cagman, S. Enginoglu, Soft matrix theory and its decision making, Computers and Mathematics with Applications 59 (10) (2010) 3308-3314], Çaðman an...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10507