Land use, which is use of land by human for different purposes, is influenced by two broad sets of forces human needs (socio-economic) and environmental features and processes (biophysical). The study was carried out at Andit Tid watershed one of SCRP research unit founded in 198...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/22268
The finite difference method is employed to examine free convective heat and mass transfer in a steady two-dimensional fluid flow from vertical surface in porous medium. In this study thermal radiation, viscous dissipation and Soret, Dufour effects are taken into consideration. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/21503
There is some consensus among academics, policy analysts, institutionalists, and traditional rulers that the interest of Ghana will be better served if traditional and modern political orders are harmonized. The harmonization has become critical in view of the fact that modern po...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/20064
For any nation to develop, three things are very critical and important; education, health and food. Citizens, particularly the workforce must be educated, healthy and well fed. If the workforce lacks any of the three, they cannot be competitive and if they are not, the country c...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/18534
Aims: This study was conducted within a rural pastoral community of Maasai in Simanjiro District of Tanzania to determine prevalence of hypertension and its determinants. Study Design: This study was a population based cross-sectional design. Place and Duration of Study: This stu...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2015/22353
The research was conducted at the Research and Teaching Farm of the Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Southeastern Nigeria, to investigate the effect of manure sources on soil chemical properties, growth and yield of two sweet potato varieties in Ishiagu. A Split-plot in a...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/20818
Tobias Peter Pwajok Choji, Peterside Rinle Kumbish, Anthony Ajuluchukwu Ngokere, Samuel Ifedioranma Ogenyi, James O. Adisa, Boniface Nnamdi Duru, Comfort Danchal, Linus Doro Danjuma, Kaneng Pam Sha & Rifkatu Davou Pam·Archives of Current Research International·2015
Aims: To utilize the laboratory microwave as a processing instrument in place of the automatic tissue processor, to replace xylene with isopropanol in the clearing stage of tissue processing and check its effect on the chemical reactivity and tissue integrity, to establish a rapi...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2015/20765
Aims: To synthesize small molecule alkylating compounds and analyze the kinetics of the alkylation in aqueous solution. Determine molecular properties and the drug likeness of these four compounds as potential antineoplastic agents and apply statistical analysis to identify inter...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2015/19813
The Caijia Jialing river bridge which specialized for rail transit is a concrete cable-stayed bridge with main-span 250 m, two pylons and double cable planes. The static loading test includes the following contents: measurement of the initial state of the completed structure, app...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2015/19018
A steady and sustaining development of international trade is an important guarantee for a country to achieve the economic improvement. As a significant tool, exchange rate plays an important role in achieving the balance of one country’s economy and steady development. It also a...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2015/17362
The main objective of making investigation about the field of psychology, education and behavioral sciences is to achieve a consistent measurement results. When carrying out the evaluation, many researchers use the classical test theory and other researchers use the generalizabil...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2015/17409
The paper presents a case study involved in research project. A case study was based on vibrodiagnostics analyses of unwanted vibrations, machine arrangement and usage of composite materials for increasing the productivity. The main requirement was the increase of productivity of...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2015/15945
It is an important consideration of any area to be distributed spatially. Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a Vector Borne Disease (VBD) that is widespread in Asia. It results in severe illness, death, and hence in economic damage to households. In health planning and management, it...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2015/14363
The distribution problem of Daily Graphic newspaper in Ashanti region, Ghana is discussed in this paper. The problem was modelled as Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Window (CVRPTW) and the Clark and Wright’s Savings with local search algorithm was used to solve the...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2015/13943
Salmonellosis is cause be salmonella species of bacteria namely Salmonella enteritica and Salmonella bongori. Salmonellosis is a form of food poisoning usually obtained from eating tainted meat, poultry eggs or dairy products. Conventional medicine states there is no real cure fo...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2015/14904