Callistus B. Kuubiere, Abass Alhassan, Victor Mogre & Saeed F. Majeed·Advances in Research·2014
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and the associated demographic characteristics of hernia cases seen at the Tania Specialist Hospital in Tamale, Northern Ghana. Methodology: This retrospective study was conducted from January 2008 to December 2012 at the...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/11365
Sutapa Datta, Subhra Chattopadhyay, Asankur Sekhar Das & Chandan Mitra·Advances in Research·2014
Aim: The aim of this study was to correlate the nutritional status with bone health of young adult college students of two different communities respectively by anthropometric measures and urinary indices and quantitative ultrasonography. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Plac...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/13438
Imran Ejotre, Boniface Makanga, Sarah Nachuha & Mouhamed Mpezamihigo·Advances in Research·2014
Aims: To explore the abundance and distribution of the common fresh water mollusks in River Kochi, with a special focus on Biomphalaria species, a vector responsible for transmitting Schistosoma mansoni to humans. Study Design: Across sectional study design was used. Place and Du...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/12639
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease of the lungs characterised by progressive and irreversible airflow limitation associated with chronic inflammation. Despite extensive research, the immunopathogenesis of COPD is still not fully elucidated. In this review,...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/12320
J. Gotosa, G. Nyamadzawo, T. Mtetwa, A. Kanda & V. P. Dudu·Advances in Research·2014
Gravel road dust has significant health effect. The study was conducted to assess road dust suppression effect of molasses stillage in gravel at a Sugarcane Estate in Zimbabwe. Three, 2 km long gravel road sections (steep, sloping and gentle) had the following dust suppression tr...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/13019
The issue of environmental accounting is an emerging issue in developing economies like Nigeria. Though, the Federal government has enacted various environmental laws and established agencies and regulatory bodies; the problem has been that of enforcement and compliance with the...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/12829
This study was undertaken to evaluate the physical and chemical properties of four contrasting soils under two land use systems. The land use types considered were fallow and cultivated. Four soils from Nsukka Hill (Entisol), Nsukka poultry site (Ultisol), Eha-Amufu (Inceptisol)...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/11790
This descriptive survey examined the academic performance of SS2 students in Aba Education Zone in relation to the social status of their parents. The population of the study comprised all 4955 SS2 students in Abia State from which a sample of 100 students from four secondary sch...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/12097
Aim: The increase in the annual global energy consumption over the past century has relayed heavily on fossil fuels. Fossil fuel burning have accelerated CO2 emissions on a global scale. CO2 makes up 63 % of the greenhouse gasses present in the atmosphere. The environmental conce...
Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) is dominant solar radiation reaching the earth surface. PAR changes in response to the position of the sun and length of the day can be complex and perhaps even counter – intuitive to ecosystems. Assessment of PAR on relative humidity (RH...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/11317
Aims: The present study was carried out to extract expressed sequence tags-simple sequence repeats (EST-SSRs) for peach (Prunus persica L.) and to study their transferability across some Rosaceae species such as apricot, apple, rose and strawberry. Study Design: Cross-transferab...
I. C. J. Omalu, I. K. Olayemi, C. A.Otuu, S. C. Hassan, S. S. Eke, S. Paul & G. O. Uzoaga·Advances in Research·2014
Background: The heavy burden exerted by mosquito-borne diseases was the reason for this study to evaluate the entomological and parasitological indices of malaria disease transmission in Gidan Kwano and Mekunkele in Minna, North Central Nigeria. Aim: The aim of this study is to d...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/12486
King Sam Ibritam, Nsikak- Abasi Udofia & Vincent Eze Onweh·Advances in Research·2014
This study was designed to determine the difference in students’ achievement in Block-laying and Concreting using Scaffolding and Demonstration Instructional Methods in Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State. This was an attempt to test the potency of scaffolding as a teaching met...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/12182
Ihsan Yilmaz, Zeynep Alkin, Abdullah Ozkaya & Ahmet Taylan Yazici·Advances in Research·2014
Aims: To evaluate choroidal thickness in diabetes patients and compare the measurements with normal subjects. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Beyoglu Eye Training and Research Hospital, Department of Retina, between April 2014 and July 2014. Meth...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/13245
Electromagnetic hyperthermia has been attracting significant attention in treating cancerous cells due to its non-invasive and quick recovery time. In this work, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)solutions containing magnetic materials were used to make nanofibers through electrospinning...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/13547