The present study investigated the biodegradation of Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and Methyl paraben (MP) both in Shampoo and hair dressing salon waste using bacteria isolated from Sewage treatment sludge. The biodegradation was carried out according to the OECD Guidelin...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/25278
Aims: The objective of this study was to evaluate water quality status of rivers OBA, ORA and SUNSUN for irrigated agriculture in Ogbomoso, Southwest Nigeria. Study Design: Data were analyzed using 2 x 3 factorial design, with two sampling sites and three sampling periods as trea...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/24713
This paper examined residents’ socio-economic attributes as drivers of adaptation to climate change effects in Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria. Through systematic random sampling, primary data were obtained from 442 household heads in the core, transition and sub-urban residential are...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/23740
Background: Ponseti method is an established conservative treatment for idiopathic clubfoot in children world-wide. Yet, no data are available to quantify its effectiveness for reference in Ghana. Aim: To explore the effectiveness of Ponseti method in the management of clubfoot a...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/23832
Introduction: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are significant problems in Thailand. However, only limited researches have been conducted on the situation concerning migrant workers. Therefore, to achieve equality in health surveillance for migrant people, this rese...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/23830
The problem of allocating resources at the Mampong Municipal Assembly, Mampong-Ashanti with the aim of minimizing unnecessary lapses during budget allocation for resources by the assembly was considered. The problem was formulated as an Integer Linear Programming (ILP) problem us...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/23169
Quality control is an essential operation of the pharmaceutical industry. It is the monitoring process which encompassing specifications, inspections, analysis and recommendations. The appropriate design and formulation of a dosage form requires discretion of the physical, chemic...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/22675
Photoelectrochemical fuel cells consisting of pure TiO2 and doped TiO2 with transitional metals, Ni, Cu, Fe, or Co, were made to decompose environmentally hazardous material and to generate electricity by capturing solar irradiations. The titanium dioxide porous structure was dev...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/23736
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