With the development of modern logistics, logistics and financial services have a huge space for development and market potential, it can be further benefit financial institutions, logistic companies, finance companies tripartite. Therefore, how to innovate logistic finance busin...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/17363
Wound healing is characterized by how a dynamic physiological process must maintain the integrity of the lesion. This study aimed to evaluate morphometrically and histologically, through in vivo assays, the healing of skin wounds with topical use of an ointment formulated by a po...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/17440
Increasing impacts of climate change, development and urbanisation on water resource availability have promoted increased water reuse and recycling. This paper achieves two objectives: Firstly, it presents an extensive review of greywater characteristics, treatment technologies a...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/19117
B. K. Aliyu, C. A. Osheku, E. O. Oyedeji, M. A. L. Adetoro, A. A. Okon & C. M. Idoko·Advances in Research·2015
A major application of solid propellants is in gun propulsion systems and rockets. The performance of a rocket depends greatly on the design of the solid propellant that meets a specific mission. Performance characteristics such as the burn time, burn rate, average thrust, specif...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/18468
Aims: Study the flexural behavior of the lapped connections in multi span cold-formed steel Z sections systems. Study Design: The effect of overlap length of the lapped connections was investigated in order to achieve the optimum overlap length/depth ratio. Different bolts arrang...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/18797
This study reports on the impact of a Tutor Work-Study Programme, within the Digital Academic Literacy Programme (DAL) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa. This study was prompted by the need to investigate the impact of peer (student) tutoring initiatives o...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/18995
Black tea extract was estimated as high carbon steel corrosion inhibitor in 1 M H3PO4 solution using non-electrochemical technique (Weight loss, FT-IR and SEM analysis). The maximum inhibition efficiency was found to be 93.79 at 4 g/ L. The results indicated that inhibition effic...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/18723
To evaluate lung cancer mortality in Mexico in the year 2012 attributable to exposure to the radioactive gas radon. Values of mortality from exposure to indoor 222Rn are obtained by the application of a model of excess of relative risk for the average indoor 222Rn concentration i...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/17736
The paper examines the formulation of the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education policy and the Kuffour-led education reforms in the education system of Ghana in 1996 and 2007 respectively. The study is undertaken through the lens of the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) develo...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/17697
Basil O. Akinnuli, Yakubu A. Jimoh & Adeyemi A. Aderoba·Advances in Research·2015
When it comes to processing of material (job processing) which has alternative means of producing the required product(s), there are machines competing for the job(s) and machine that will do the job economically at low cost out of the existing alternatives must be wisely selecte...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/15691
Aims: This study deals with the enhancement of the longitudinal shear interaction at the concrete-profiled steel sheeting interface of composite slab by using shear connectors. The push out and flexural tests are carried out with the same shear connection details. Place and Durat...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/18847
A. A. Abioye, P. O. Atanda, O. F. Kolawole, O. E. Olorunniwo, A. R. Adetunji, O. P. Abioye & K. J. Akinluwade·Advances in Research·2015
The reasons for failure of locally made furnace in the foundries were as a result of cycles of operating temperatures that they were subjected to, which caused thermal stress and strain on the furnaces. This paper studied the simulation of thermal analysis of Fuel fired Crucible...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/16235
D. A. Isadare, M. O. Adeoye, A. R. Adetunji, K. M. Oluwasegun & K. J. Akinluwade·Advances in Research·2015
This paper reports the effect of homogenization treatment on T6 tempering of 6063 aluminium alloy. Wrought 6063 aluminium sample was machined into tensile and impact tests specimens. Samples were also cut for hardness and metallographic works. These samples were divided into two...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/18166
B. K. Aliyu, C. A. Osheku, P. N. Okeke, F. E. Opara & B. I. Okere·Advances in Research·2015
A longitudinally disturbed motion of a UAV after an arbitrary initial disturbance consists normally of two oscillatory modes: the short-period oscillation and the phugoid oscillation.The typical longitudinal model of a UAV in state-space can be separated into short-period mode an...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/18334
D. M. Nazmul Alam, Khandkar- Siddikur Rahman, Sourav Bagchi Ratul, Palash Kanti Haldar & Md. Nazrul Islam·Advances in Research·2015
Aims: Inhabitants of the Sundarbans impact zone are frequently affected by natural hazards such as salinity, cyclones, tidal surge, water logging, etc. In addition, limited asset, livelihood options, low agricultural production and inadequate access to productive resources and se...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/16695