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Assessment of Health Hazards of the Goldsmiths in Tantibazar Area of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tanvir Hossain, Md. Tajuddin Sikder & Jussi Dayna Biswas · Advances in Research · 2015

Aims: To find out the major occupational health issues among the goldsmiths and its’ causative factors, The study also aims to identify the study populations’ health risks in line with their work type, and to estimate the proportion of the goldsmiths vulnerable to those health ri...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2015/15164

Storability of Sliced Dehydrated Tomato

K.O. Zaka, K. A. Arowora, S. B. Fasoyiro, F. F. Ilesanmi, A. O. Ajani, T. M. Awoite, I. O. Ikotun & O. A. Ogundare-Akanmu · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2015

Three different varieties of tomatoes, Alawusa (TX1), a local variety with four lobes (TX2) and another local variety with two lobes (TX3) were sliced and dried in an oven at 55ºC for a period of four hours. The dried samples were packaged in polythene bags labeled TX1, TX2 and T...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEA/2015/15772

A Comparison of Cooperative and Traditional Learning Methods on Learning Mathematics in the 4th and 5th Grades in Holaelan, Ilam, Iran

Sattar Keikhavani, Saeed Soheili, Masood Mirzaei, Mohammad Ahmadpanah, Mohammad Haghighi, Hafez Bajoghli, Edith Holsboer-Trachsler & Serge Brand · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Aims: The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of cooperative learning and traditional learning methods with respect to the achievement of fourth and fifth grade students in the field of mathematics. Research on this topic in non-western countries remains scarce. The present...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/15023

Total Colony Counts of Some Microorganisms in Soil Samples Exposed to Electromagnetic Radiations from Mobile Phones

C. I. Iheme, R. N. Nwaoguikpe, C. U. Igwe, C. Udenze, A. U. Ezirim, D. I. Ukairo & P. C. Ihedimbu · International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review · 2015

Total Colony Counts of Some Microorganisms in Soil Samples Exposed to Electromagnetic Radiations from Mobile Phones Effect of electromagnetic radiations (EMR) from mobile phones on some soil bacterial (Bacillus, Micrococcus, Staphylococcus, Corynebacterium and Enterococcus) and f...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/14860

Interference by Human Anti-mouse Antibodies in Immunoassays: Falsely Elevated Cardiac Troponins Leading to Negative Coronary Angiograms

Mian Bilal Alam, Surachit Kumar, Ibrahim Sbietan, K. M. Anwar Hussain, Mehwish Asad & Asif N. Khan · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2015

Cardiac Troponins are an extremely important indicator of myocardial injury and American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines include Cardiac Troponins as one of the major diagnostic criteria for myocardial damage. However in some instances...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2015/11941

Effects of Routinely Oxytocin Injection to Induce Milk Ejection on Some Reproductive Parameters of Crossbred Cows in the Tropics of Veracruz

M. A. Lammoglia, B. Domínguez Mancera, M. A. Alarcón, A. Cabrera & A. I. Daniel · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2015

The objective was to assess the effects of routine intramuscular injection ofoxytocin in crossbred milked cows in days to first service (DPS), number of services per conception (SC), percentage of abortions (PA), cumulative percentage of pregnant cows(PAVG) length of the embryo (...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2015/15902

Climatic Variables and Disease Incidence in Ghana: A Study of Cerebrum Spinal Meningitis (CSM)

Richard Bayel Trumah, John Ayer & Dadson Awunyo-Vitor · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2015

Aim: The study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of climatic factors on the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in the Obuasi Municipality of Ghana. Significance: The project provides a validated climatic pattern and serves as reference point to: 1. Health administrat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2015/15448

Lipid Profile, Cortisol and Haematological Alterations in Simulated Microgravity Using the Bat Model

J. O. Ashaolu & M. S. AJao · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2015

The mode of blood lipid and cortisol expression in simulated microgravity has been poorly understood. This study determined the influence of simulated microgravity (prolonged inversion) on the level of expression of serum cortisol, lipid profile and haematological parameters in b...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2015/15870

Emotional Problems among Children with Same-Sex Parents: Difference by Definition

D. Paul Sullins · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Aims: To test whether small non-random sample findings that children with same-sex parents suffer no disadvantage in emotional well-being can be replicated in a large population sample; and examine the correlates of any differences discovered. Methodology: Using a representative...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/15823

Common Difficulties among Children with Down’s Syndrome in Acquiring Basic Counting Skills

Garyfalia Charitaki, Georgios Baralis, Stavroula Polychronopoulou, Dionyssios Lappas & Spyridon-Georgios Soulis · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Aims: Through this qualitative approach we intent to investigate the existence of patterns in errors that children with Down’s syndrome make while counting. Study Design: The current study can be described as descriptive correlational, while we are also trying to extract data thr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/15323

Evaluation and Comparison of the Transverse Strength of Two Heat Cure Denture Base Resins Repaired with Auto Polymerizing Resin by Wetting with Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) at Different Time Intervals - An In vitro Study

S. K. Shakeel, Rama Krishna Alla, Shammas Mohammed & Tajammul Ahmed · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Aims: Fracture of dentures is a common clinical finding in daily prosthodontic practice, resulting in great inconvenience to both the patient and the dentist. A satisfactory repair should be cost-effective, simple to perform, and quick. This study evaluated and compared the trans...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15774

WSN: Lifetime Maximization of Rumor Routing Protocol with Optimization Scheme and Bandwidth Evaluation

Rajeev Arya & S. C. Sharma · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2015

Rumor routing protocol in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), is based on query system. It selects the next hop randomly, but the resultant path from source to destination is not optimal. Most of the work reported on energy efficient and bandwidth estimation in the literature are ba...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15452

Social Learning under Uncertainty Based on Dempster-Shafer Approach for Minimizing True Error of Machine Learning

Hegazy Zaher, Mohamed Abdullah & Naglaa Raga Said · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2015

Minimizing true error of the classification process under uncertainty is one of the difficult issues in the field of machine learning. Researchers do not address this topic until this time despite its importance in practical life. This paper can be considered as a development of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15619

Improving Method of Evaluating Semantic Filtering for Human Computer Interaction in an Adaptive Collaborative Learning Environment

A. A. Adigun, A. O. Osofisan, O. Longe & M. O. Kolawole · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2015

Human Computer Interaction Semantic filtering techniques are used in learning environment to track problems in collaborative systems. However, as noted in Adigun et al. [1], when sharing and dynamism are promoted, a problem of redundancy and integrity appeared not to have been we...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2015/14339