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Groundwater Flow Modeling in a Nubian Sandstone Aquifer, South Western Desert, Egypt

Ahmed Hassan, Gamal Elsaeed, Mohamed Nagaty & Eman Abdelghani · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15736

Antioxidant Properties of Fungal Endophytes Associated with the Three Medicinal Plants Gliricidia sepium, Canna indica and Gardenia jasminoides

Sahar Eskandarighadikolaii, Thomas Edison dela Cruz & Melfei Bungihan · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/16272

Do Vertical Stiffness or Dynamic Joint Stiffness Have Footedness-related Differences?

Tiago Atalaia, João M. C. S. Abrantes & Alexandre Castro-Caldas · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15821

Performance Analysis of Free Space Optical Communication Link Using Different Modulation and Wavelength

Harsimranjit Kaur & Gaurav Soni · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/15503

Analysis of Constraints to Cocoyam Production in Kaduna State, Nigeria

S. Abdulrahman, A. Abdullahi & B. Muhammad · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/16167

Fully Implicit Hybrid Block –Predictor Corrector Method for the Numerical Integration of y″' = f(x, y, y', y''), y(xο)= ηο, y'(xο) = η1, y''(xο) = η3

Bolarinwa Bolaji · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2015

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2015/14822

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