Wang Hao, Zhan Jianbo, Yu Zhenhua, Yu Yao, Cheng Liang, Yu Jiang, Yue Baoshan, Zhang Ying, Li Muyan, Ji Yafeng, He Danfeng, Chen Shuzong, Wang Li, Fu Rongrong, Zan Na, Perin Deniz, Yu Tingting, Xie Jiao, Zheng Han, Zhang Jing, Wang Tao, Ding Wei, Gong Weimin, Gui Yongfa, Ding Haiyan, Li Liwei, Li Tinghua, Liu Xin & You Junheng·Archives of Current Research International·2016
Effect of cigarette draw resistance between 860-1130Pa on deliveries of phenol in mainstream cigarette smoke（MCS）was investigated, and contribution degree of cigarette hazard index was proposed for the first time to study how the contribution degree could be affected by 7 harmf...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/27349
The 21st century ushered in the information age which in alignment with technology, has made access to information easier and faster than the world has ever seen. However, information is only beneficial when its articulate form is appropriately directed at those that need it the...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/27186
Aim: Prevalence of dermatophytic infections amongst students of Nigerian higher institutions using occlusive leather footwear was carried out. The aim was to evaluate the prevalence of dermatophytic infection associated with occlusive leather footwear worn by students of Nigerian...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/27332
Aims: This research attempts to empirically evaluate the local image character and language text concept to better explain the stages of change model to predict the behavioral change in smokers. Study Design: The current research study is descriptive, applied and deductive in na...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/25703
Introduction: The climate in Bangladesh is changing and it is becoming more unpredictable every year. The nature of relationship between climate change and livelihood assets of urban poor was experimented by the study. Aims: To understand the dynamics of climate change of urban p...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/26501
The experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of different manure sources on selected soil chemical properties, sweet potato tuber yield and tuber nutrient compositions. The high yielding sweet potato varieties are fertilizer responsive. Research evidences indicated t...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/25918
Due to concentration of industries in the study area and indiscriminate disposal of industrial effluent into Ele River, this study therefore aims at assessing the suitability of Ele River in Nnewi, Anambra State of Nigeria for irrigation purpose. Water samples were collected from...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/25885
Recently, it has been focused on how to increase organizational development and entrepreneurship in order to ensure the development in the country. The first thing to do on the issue is to determine what innovations can be made to improve the organization. At this point, the cont...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/26178
Several researchers have developed models to predict corrosion rate in buried structures with good results using methods such as artificial neural networks, Monte Carlo to mention a few. This paper presents a novel approach to predicting corrosion rate in buried structures using...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/25564
We have considered the variable heat and mass transfer boundary on an unsteady MHD flow through a loosely packed porous medium over an impulsively started vertical plate. The temperature of plate is made to rise linearly with time. The fluid considered is gray, absorbing-emitting...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/25971
Logically, government expenditure is expected to boost economic activities and performance. However, this study conjectured that capital and recurrent expenditure or a combination of both would impact differently on the economy. Thus, this study evaluated whether there is no shor...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/24579
This study examines the impact of financial structure on performance of agricultural and healthcare firms listed in Nigerian Stock Exchange for a period of twenty one (21) years 1993 to 2013. This study selected fifteen (15) out of the sixteen (16) firms listed on agricultural an...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/24570
Aim: The aim of this paper is to design and automate optimal policy prescriptions and returns for a time perspective class of machine replacement problems with pertinent dynamic data. Methodology: The aim was achieved by the exploitation of the structure of the states in time-per...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/26021
This paper empirically examined the impact of agricultural output on economic development in Nigeria using annual time series data spanning 1986 to 2014. Economic development proxied by per capita income (PCI) was explained by agricultural output (AOUT) and public agricultural ex...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/25489
World is continuously facing the food insecurity and malnutrition problem. Scientists all over the world are busy in developing the latest and innovative approaches for reducing the hunger and malnutrition problem which are increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/24802