Aim: The study aimed at assessing the feasibility of commercial meat rabbit production in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. Place and Duration: The study was conducted in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti region of Ghana between February and May, 2013. Methodology: Structured and...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/5739
Aims: To evaluate the effect of planting density and cropping systems on the changes in rhizosphere concentration and uptake of mineral elements of five cowpea genotypes (i.e. Bensogla, ITH98-46, Sanzie, TVu1509 and Omondaw). Study Design: 3-factorial randomized complete block d...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/5654
Aims: To determine whether or not a Learning Disability(LD) label leads to stigmatization. Study Design: This research used a 2(sex of participant) x 2(LD label)x 2 (Sex of stimulus person) factorial design. Place and Duration of Study: Bucknell University, between October 2010 a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6379
In this paper, we consider a leptospirosis epidemic model with non-linear saturated incidence by applying the optimal control techniques to eradicate the infection in the human population. Leptospirosis is the disease which effects human as well as Cattle. Our aim is to find such...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/6378
Aim: The study sought to determine consumers’ perception of the safety of leafy vegetables and how it affects their decision to purchase leafy vegetables in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. Methodology: Data employed in the study comes from 200 consumers in the study area. Percept...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/5789
In this paper, we study the summations P (a,b,c)EN3 (f(a + b) + f(b + c) + f(c + a)) and P(a;b;c;d)2N4 (f(a + b + c) + f(b + c + d) + f(c + d + a)). Especially, for the first summation we obtain some relations related to Bernoulli and Euler polynomials.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/6716
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease which can be fatal. Hence, availability of models predicting its potential outbreak can be very useful in its preventative strategies. This paper finds the best mathematical model which fits onto the tuberculosis occurrence data of Ashanti Re...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/5571
Let X be a graph on n vertices and let B = {P(x) : x ∈ V (X)} be a collection of n subgraphs of X, one for each vertex, B is an orthogonal double cover (ODC) of X if every edge of X occurs in exactly two members of B and any two members share an edge whenever the corresponding ve...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/5999
In this paper, a Susceptible - Exposed - Infected - Recovered (SEIR) epidemiological model is formulated to determine the transmission of tuberculosis. The equilibrium points of the model are found and their stability is investigated. By analyzing the model, a threshold parameter...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/4681
Aims: Most companies making an Initial Public Offering (IPO) underperform the market over the long term. Is this because investors are so enamored with IPOs that hope triumphs analysis? If investors are willing to invest in companies likely to underperform the market, someone wil...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6349
This paper presents the research findings of a dual-survey process designed to understand the level of potential investor trust in the Eastern European market of Bulgaria both before and after being given information on the daily working environment for small businesses. The firs...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/5162
The focus of wetland valuation is on determining the compensation payable to the expropriated individuals or communities. In the conduct of wetland valuation, the Estate Surveyor and Valuer is faced with choosing the appropriate method(s) to adopt, hence this study examined the v...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/4481
In this paper, a review is made in order to broaden our knowledge on the management systems of household waste in the five largest towns of Burkina Faso and propose an environmentally sound thermal way for their treatment. Data from the General Population and Housing Census of 20...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6853
The reduction and oxidation reactions of Cinnolin-4(1H)-one were studied in terms of reduction and oxidation potentials in aqueous phase. Geometry optimizations were performed at the 6-311++G (d, p) level by using the B3LYP functional theory. Cinnolin-4(1H)-one (I) has lower redu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/4232
This study investigates experimentally the effect of jet injection on the flow structure around a pier-scour hole. Experiments are conducted with 1-jet, 3-jets and without jet injection under clear-water scour conditions. The results show that the jet(s) alter(s) the turbulent ch...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6400