Water constitutes a vital element of household food security for humans and livestock. Therefore, the general objective of this study was to establish the ease of water access, water scarcity and coping strategies used by rural communities in selected study sites of Makueni (Kili...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/28535
Aims: To assess the suitability of the Athi River water for irrigation in Athi River area and its environs. Study Design: The study design was purposive with sampling points deliberately chosen to assess the water quality of the Athi River within the study area. Place and Duratio...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/31995
Noise induced hearing loss is a long known occupational hazard. The hearing loss is usually irreversible but preventable. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of noise pollution on the hearing capability of industrial workers in Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/29605
Aim: To investigate the morphological variations in the accessions of Colocasia esculenta and Xanthosoma maffafa exposed to two oilfield chemicals. Study Design: The Randomized Complete Block Design was used for this study. Place and Duration of Study: The Ecological Research Cen...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/31246
Strain has been analyzed from the metamorphic spots within deformed schist and phyllite in the Igarra schist belt, southwestern Nigeria. Strain magnitudes were obtained by using the graph of length against width of spots, Harmonic mean (H), and the Rf/ø technique. The values of s...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/30937
Aims: The aim of this study is to assess the availability of steam and gas turbine units of a thermal power station using Markovian Approach. Place and Duration of Study: Operational data from 2003 to 2012 were collected from a thermal power station in Nigeria. These raw data rep...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/30240
Aims: To select appropriate material and undertake fluid flow analysis of parallel flow heat exchanger. Methodology: Dynamic simulation study was performed to evaluate conditions of heat transfer of water through heat exchanger using ASPEN HYSYS. Cambridge Education Selector (CES...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/30239
Elemental metal pollutants concentration levels and their distribution in soils obtained from farmlands along the bank of river Ngadda and Alau dam in Maiduguri, Borno State, North-East of Nigeria is presented. The study was aimed at determining the levels of contamination of soi...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/27146
In this study, the thermodynamic parameters and adsorption kinetics of methylene blue (MB) onto Turkish green clay (TGC) from Gurpinar in Van, Turkey were investigated in aqueous solution through batch adsorption experiment. Turkish green clay was used in this study for the first...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/30677
Aims: The aim of the present study is to report the volatile compounds identified in the essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from the various parts of B. orellana. Study Design: The design includes the extraction of essential oil from air-dried leaves, seeds, seed-pods a...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/30587
Adaptation comprises one of the pertinent issues related to climate vulnerable countries like Bangladesh. Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change with its manifestations being felt every year in the form of various natural disasters such as...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/30623
A study was conducted to profile poverty in rural households based on income diversification. The effect of diversification of income sources on poverty was investigated. Multistage sampling procedure was employed to select the representative farming households for the study. Sur...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/29462
Gallium nitride (GaN) based semiconductor devices are expected to play an important role in developing the next-generation power converters. With some intrinsic features, e.g., low switching power loss and high breakdown voltage, GaN MOSFETs can be used to realize high power dens...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/30062
John B. Edet, Nnanake-Abasi O. Offiong, Akwaowo I. Inyangudoh, Idorenyin E. Moses, Emediong N. Ntukidem, Faith M. Umah & Owen P. Ukafiaf·Archives of Current Research International·2016
Physicochemical and microbial characterization of a groundwater source in an induction camp sited in Oyo state, Nigeria was conducted between April, 2016-June, 2016, to determine its fitness for drinking using standard analytical methods. The water quality index derived mainly fr...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/29785
Aims: The study was conducted to determine the possible use of baobab leaf meal (BLM) as a feed ingredient in livestock feeding and its effects on growth performance of the animals. Study Design: Completely Randomized Design (CRD) was used for the study. Place and Duration of St...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/29169