The objectives of this research were to analyze and evaluate the effect of releasing flow discharges on river meandering in addition to estimating the local scour at 13 bridge piers distributed on 3 bridges located on Rosetta branch. The meandering length was 3.5 Km (from km 145....
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/17380
Aims: This review article discusses the importance of trees in development and highlights how development activities such as road construction, building of housing estates, industries, airports and agriculture led to forest trees depletion, which in effect negates sustainable dev...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14865
Aim: The success of any chemical mutagenesis revolves on the use of plant-specific mutagen(s), optimal concentration(s) and appropriate soaking duration. This paper was aimed at evaluating the effect of amiprophos methyl on morphological and yield traits in pigeon pea [Cajanus ca...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/5150
Randriatsarafara Fidiniaina Mamy, Vololonarivelo Elyan Edwige Barbara, Randriamandimbison Mirana Cynthia, Andriantoky Valéry Bruno, Rajaonarison Bertille Hortense & Ranjalahy Rasolofomanana Justin·Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science·2015
Aims: (i) Describe the attitudes and practices of students in terms of alcoholism, smoking, drug use and sexuality, (ii) identify the factors that influence the practice of single and multiple risky behaviours, (iii) provide recommendations to control risky behaviours among stude...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/17981
This study reports on a study of the use and forms of openings and closings, as rapport-management strategies in academic request emails to university instructors by graduates, who formed three discourse communities, i.e. Chinese, British and Chinese English speakers. Using disco...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/17890
The present study investigated the predictive power of language learning strategy types on various types of self-efficacy (general and academic self-efficacy and self-regulatory efficacy). To this end, 147 male and females B. A level students majoring in English translation and E...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/18735
In most peri-urban communities of south east Nigeria, shortages of domestic water supply relative to demand is a common feature of such areas. This is because most of these peri-urban communities usually fall outside the urban water supply projects physical boundary, thus forcing...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/14767
We are presenting four new cases of delusions of parasitosis, two of which also had features of Morgellons disease. This illustrates the difficulties in therapy of these patients having almost universal refusal to accept the psychiatric component. Two of the patients responded to...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17045
This work analyses jointly aeromagnetic and ground radiometric data over Song region of Hawal Basement Complex. The area is marginally located with respect to the Yola Rift, an arm of the Benue Trough. The area comprises of gneiss, migmatite, granitoids and basalt as the main lit...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/18085
Background: National cancer registration reports provide huge potential for identifying patterns and trends of policy, research, prevention and treatment significance. Yet given the range of factors involved in cancer onset, case identification, progression and reporting, pin-poi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17163
In this paper, we investigate uniqueness problems of q-diffrence transcendental meromorphic functions with zero order sharing one value. We obtain some results on q-diffrence, which extend many previous results.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/17907
This paper proposed a hyperbolic monomolecular growth model (HMMGM). The stabilizing parameter θ was introduced into the existing growth equations using a hyperbolic sine function given by. The reparametized equation namely, Hyperbolic Monomolecular Growth Equation, which was sol...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/14141
Substantial number of postmenopausal women suffers in silence. They experience vasomotor symptoms, sleep disturbances, atrophic changes in the genital and urinary systems and lack of sexual desire. The fear, side effects and contra indications of oestrogen discourage hormone repl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18412
Background: Uric acid poses a major risk to cardiovascular function which, in turn, increases the chances of kidney disease. This is not only an indication of renal damage, but also precipitates its development. We analyzed the kidney metabolism in hypertensive patients in order...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15607
Aims: To evaluate the appearance and distribution of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-4 (TIMP-4) in lesional skin biopsies of psoriasis patients. Study Design: Observational study. Place...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18206