This paper presents a methodology for management and evaluation of groundwater aquifer in the Middle Part of Darb El-Arbaein Area. Three dimensional lithologic modeling techniques have been used for detailed characterization and groundwater flow modeling of the aquifer system in...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15736
Fungal endophytes live within tissues of living plants without causing any disease. These fungi are recognized sources of natural, bioactive compound with potential applications in agriculture, medicine, and food. Aims: This research study aimed to isolate and produce bioactive m...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16272
Aims: Unilateral hopping (UH) is one of the common tests for footedness assessment. Inter-limb differences between vertical stiffness (KVERT), ankle dynamic joint stiffness (ADJS) and knee dynamic joint stiffness (KDJS) are expected to exist between the dominant and non-dominant...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15821
In this paper different modulation formats NRZ and RZ and different wavelengths 1550 nm and 1310 nm and two photodiodes APD and PIN has been investigated on free space optical communication link. The value of Q has been observed in all the cases in different eye diagrams. It is c...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15503
Aims: Aims of the study were to describe socio-economic characteristics of cocoyam farmers and ascertain the constraints associated with cocoyam producers in Kaduna state. Study Design: Primary data were collected from cocoyam producers through the use of structured questionnaire...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16167
Sediment acts as a sink for heavy metals, which may be remobilized into the water column. The research was carried out to assess seasonal distribution and impact of heavy metals (Zn, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, Cr, Cd) concentrations in sediment on the overlying water. Water and bed sediment...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14803
A fully implicit hybrid Block- Predictor Corrector method for the numerical integration of initial value problems of third order ordinary differential equations is presented in this paper. We adopted the approach of collocation approximation in the derivation of the scheme to gen...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14822
Background: The correlation between health and the environment has been acknowledged since ancient times. Values of environmental parameters situated beyond the ecological range produce vulnerabilities and latent pathological mechanisms or generate other reactions. This phenomeno...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15626
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...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15786
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...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15964
In this paper, some fixed point theorems in 2-metric spaces are established. Some of the theorems are generalizations of fixed point theorems that were proved by Lal and Singh in 2-metric spaces.
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14838
Review of 3D vibration control on turbo-generators is reported. Vibration has been identified as the symptoms of likely deadly and life threatening potential problems affecting Turbo-generators which eventually lead to their degradation. The causes and consequences of vibration i...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12203
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...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15858
The purpose of this project is to develop a functional PN semiconductor device simulator that is modular in nature in order to allow for flexibility during programming and to allow for future development with relative ease. In addition, the program’s main goal is to provide a too...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14434
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...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15510