Aims: The aims of this research paper is to investigate the role of the informal waste recovery and recycling sector in Douala, Cameroon in alleviating poverty, environmental pollution and unemployment. Study Design: The design consisted of a survey of 72 randomly picked waste pi...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2013/4436
The Cadmium Oxide (CdO) transparent nanostructure semiconducting film is deposited on glass substrates by spray pyrolysis method at 250ºC. The structural and optical properties of the growth films are presented. The crystalline structure was studied by X-ray diffraction. The dire...
Aims: The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of various success factors related to the process of integrating occupational risk prevention in schools in achieving a series of benefits and advantages in the students’ future work lives, according to the experience...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/3907
Aims: To investigate nursing students’ evaluation of the impact of collaborative group work in a web-based learning environment. Study Design: Correlational Design. Place and Duration of Study: The study took place in an online, elective “Multimedia Design for Instruction” course...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/3709
Unemployment is one the major challenges facing Nigeria’s process of development. Various attempts had been made to improve the employment situation especially among the youths with little or no result. This paper therefore discusses how Nigeria can adopt, restructure and improve...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/4292
The study presented here was conducted first, to classify speech based on functional effects by using the theory of speech act [1] as well as Brown and Levinson`s politeness theory [2], and to see the effects of social class, power, and solidarity on variations observed within Pe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/3521
This study investigated the influence of self-esteem, gender and age on work ethical behaviour of police officers. 200 Police Officers comprising of one hundred and six (106) males (53%) and ninety four (94) females (47%) with their ages ranging from 18-51 from the Imo State Poli...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/4469
Aims: Teacher’s role in multimedia integration is not only a user but also a designer and producer, by which teachers can manipulate more appropriate multimedia aids and fulfill teacher’s essential needs. In order for a teacher to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/4197
Aims: To study effect of birth weight and mode of feeding during early infancy on clinical indicators of obesity and lipid profile in adulthood. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted on 260 adults aged 21-31 years censured in Yaoundé between February and March 2012...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2999
To date, the lack of a clinically-suitable source of engraftable human stem/progenitor cells with adequate neurogenic potential has been the major setback in developing safe and effective cell-based therapies for regenerating the damaged or lost CNS structure and circuitry in a w...
Aims: In order to do the functional analysis of apomixis-specific gene (ASG-1), which was isolated from apomictic guineagrass, the sweet potato was used to establish an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system. Study Design: At first, plant regeneration was achieved from the...
Aims: The aims of this work were 1) To evaluate the performance of a submerged biofiltration system for the treatment of a surfactant-enriched wastewater that had been generated by a soil washing process. 2) To evaluate the effect of the flux and organic load over the performance...
The ever increasing cost of fossil fuels and its attendant pollution menace has provided the pedigree to consider alternative sources of energy. An investigation was launched into the design and construction of an Anaerobic Digester system from locally available raw materials usi...
Technology transfer (TT) and foreign direct investment (FDI) have been identified as an important conduit in the promotion of economic development. But many developing nations fear the opening up of their markets to competition and foreign investment. This paper empirically studi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/3631
This paper investigates the relationship between electricity consumption and real GDP growth in Nigeria during a period of thirty six years (1970-2005). The paper adopts Vector Auto Regressive (VAR) and Error Correction Model (ECM) to test the causality between real GDP and elect...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4423