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Natural Skin-care Products: The Case of Soap Made from Cocoa Pod Husk Potash

Esther Gyedu-Akoto, Daniel Yabani, John Sefa & Dominic Owusu · Advances in Research · 2015

Consumer demand for natural and organic personal care products has increased steadily due to the fact that some synthetic chemicals have been proven to be harmful to human health. Soaps are general personal hygiene and general cleaning products and they can either be natural or s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/17029

Bacterial Profile Associated with Dental Caries in Jos, Nigeria

J. A. Anejo-Okopi, A. E. J. Okwori, G. Michael, O. J. Okojokwu & O. Audu · Advances in Research · 2015

Aims: The study was aimed at determining bacterial prevalence and their susceptibility to commonly used antibiotics. Study Design: The research was a cross sectional study which cuts across all age group and gender. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Ba...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/15234

Geomorphological and Land Use Mapping: A Case Study of Ishwardi Under Pabna District, Bangladesh

A. R. M. Towfiqul Islam, Z. M. M. Sein, Victor Ongoma, M. Saidul Islam, M. Foysal Alam & Farid Ahmed · Advances in Research · 2015

The study presents geomorphological and land use mapping of the north western part of Ishwardi Upazila under Pabna district, Bangladesh. The objective of the research was to identify geomorphologicalunits and to prepare geomorphological and land use mapping based on remote sensin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/14149

Permutation Test, Non-parametric, and Confidence Set Approaches to Multi Group Analysis for Comparing 2 Groups Using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (Pls-Sem)

Asyraf Afthanorhan, Ahmad Nazim Aimran & Sabri Ahmad · Advances in Research · 2015

Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) is becoming more prominent as an alternative to Covariance Based Structural Equation Modeling (CB-SEM) because the technique employ is much comfortable. Thereby, this research paper intend to present guide on how to carr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/15218

Biodiesel Causes Oxidative Damage in Tissues of Clarias gariepinus

Olalekan Adeyemi · Advances in Research · 2015

Aim: Alternative fuels have become more prominent today because of environmental concerns. Due to the increase in the use of alternative fuels, toxicology studies have become imperative to determine whether alternative fuels will affect the biochemistry of aquatic organisms. Stud...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/17058

Evaluation of Direct Rapid Immunohistochemistry Test for Rabies Diagnosis in the Brain of Slaughtered Dogs in Northern Nigeria

A. Garba, O. V. Modupe, A. A. Dzikwi, A. A. Ogun, A. Zaharaddeen, F. S. Umar, P. A. Okewole, J. U. Umoh, M. S. Ahmed, P. Yager, L. A. Orciari & M. Niezgoda · Advances in Research · 2015

Aim: To compare the ability of the direct rapid immunohistochemistry test (DRIT) and the gold standard test, luorescent antibody test, (FAT) to detect rabies virus antigen in the brains of slaughtered dogs from Niger State in the northern region of Nigeria. Study Design: Cross se...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/14022

Assessment of the Effects of a Parental Intervention with Mothers of Children with Internalizing Problems

Natália Pinheiro Orti, Alessandra Turini Bolsoni-Silva & Míriam Bratfisch Villa · Advances in Research · 2015

The present study assesses the effects of a semi-structured intervention held exclusively with mothers and its effects on internalizing problems, social skills of children, and positive and negative parenting practices. The single subject experimental design with three participan...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/16181

Exploring and Modeling of “Right Decision” Characteristics in Connectedness Decision Paradigm (CDP)

Mirza Hassan Hosseini & Fatemeh Shakhsian · Advances in Research · 2015

In Connectedness Decision paradigm (CDP), by integrating spirituality and rationality, spiritual rationality can help maintain connectedness with One as shared inherent purpose in an individual’s life. By considering spiritual rationality, we can gain a right decision: a decision...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/16595

Vibration and Temperature Decreasing Through the Material Damping and Tool Path Strategies Applied for Milling the Difficult-to-machine Materials

Zuzana Murčinková & Jaromír Murčinko · Advances in Research · 2015

The paper is contribution to research of vibration and temperature elimination in machining. It focused on milling the difficult-to-machine materials. The milling is characterized with complex vibrations regarding changing machining forces in milling and the difficult-to-machine...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/15944

Career Counseling and Life Trajectories in France: Research and Perspectives for Single Parenthood

Marcel Lourel, Ofélia Petric-Tatu, Frédérique Gros, Caroline Closon, Liliane Rioux, Pascale Desrumaux & Virginie Prud'homme · Advances in Research · 2015

The work–family literature is abundant, and there are a considerable number of manuscripts in the field. The main goal of this note is to discuss the fact that certain social, affective and economic aspects can impacts a single woman’s life trajectory. We try to examine the psych...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/16166

Assessment of Particulate Air Quality in Ho Municipality, Ghana

B. B. K. Keteku, N. Bakobie, R. Adongo, A. B. Duwiejuah & S. Sovoe · Advances in Research · 2015

Aims: The study was to assess particulate air quality in some selected areas in the Ho municipality. Study Design: Thirty (30) samples were collected from ten (10) different sites in the Ho municipality using Mini Vol air sampler. Place and Duration of Study: Samples were collect...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/16031

Effect of Sinusoidal Excitation on Fluid Flow across a Cu-Mica Micro-Channel

Sandeep Arya, Saleem Khan, Harneet Kour Khajuria, Sonakshi Sharma, Santoresh Kumari & Parveen Lehana · Advances in Research · 2015

Micro-fluidic devices integrated with on-chip control circuitry have been widely used in various biological and chemical synthesis applications. The objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of gravity, temperature, pulse width modulation (PWM) and sinusoidal excitatio...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/15197

Does Tourism Development Bring Positive Benefit to Indigenous Tribe? Case by Dongpu in Taiwan

Hui- Chuan Huang, Liu Chia-Hao & Hsiao- Ming Chang · Advances in Research · 2015

Indigenous tourism in Taiwan in recent years has become a favorite way to in-depth travel, but in this development process, whether it is for the tribe to bring positive benefits? In this study, Dongpu tribe as object located at Nantou County, Taiwan, qualitative research method...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/15030