Aims: The purpose of the study is to make a case for the development of middle-range models for use in developing markets by modifying the Elton and Gruber (1976) model to come up with semi-optimized index-tracking models with desirable tracking and excess return features. Study...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/8687
This work presents a mathematical model for reciprocal dumping and transboundary pollution, under a setting of oligopolistic competition. To control emissions, governments can establish two environmental regulation instruments: quotas and taxes. To do so, they calculate the optim...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/9799
Aims: The present study was aimed to investigate the adsorption capacity of Granular activated carbon (GAC) of coconut shell and coal ash for acidic dye. Methodology: Acid orange 7 dye is used as an adsorbate for the present study. Operating parameters such as pH, effective dosag...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/5772
Aims: This study is aimed to determine the distribution of detergent contamination in the Code River and the ability to remove it from laundry wastewater samples by using photocatalytic degradation and coagulation methods. Place and Duration of Study: The study was located at the...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/9583
Aims: To test the hypothesis that similar sized turtle eggs with longer incubation periods have a greater energetic cost of producing a hatchling compared with eggs that have a shorter incubation period. Study Design: Eggs of the Eastern snake-neck turtle (Chelodina longicollis)...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/9998
Digital images are extensively used by the medical doctors during different stages of disease diagnosis and treatment process. In the medical field, noise occurs in an image during two phases: acquisition and transmission. During the acquisition phase, noise is induced into an im...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/9131
Aims: This study aimed at evaluating the physicochemical characteristics of dragon fruits with application of different types of covering and submitted to two different refrigeration temperatures. Study Design: The dragon fruits were taken, selected, washed, cleaned with a soluti...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10602
This study investigated the impact of remittances on the output of arable of remittance and non receiving farm households in South Eastern Nigeria. A multi-stage random sampling and purposive sampling technique was used in choosing the sample. The cost route technique was used in...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6502
In this paper, a novel auxiliary equation: φ′′ = a + bφ + cφ3 which has mutiple function solutions including trigonometric function, hyperbolic function and other functions, is considered. It is applied to a series of partial differential equations easily and effectively. It he...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10220
Soil fertility maps of Dhenkanal district, Odisha were prepared by using Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) to make awareness among the farmers regarding use of balanced fertilization according to soil test based recommendation and integrate...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/9325
Considering ‘black hole geometry’ as the ‘eternal cosmic geometry’ and by assuming ‘constant light speed rotation’ throughout the cosmic evolution, at any time the currently believed cosmic ‘critical density’ can be shown to be the cosmic black hole’s eternal ‘volume density’. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/10137
Aims: For modeling of large polyatomic systems one may use the variation principle for energy density functional. The key point to make this is to find the functional of kinetic energy in the orbital-free approach. Study Design: We describe a way to find functionals of kinetic en...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/10415
The purpose of this study is to appreciate the estimation of TIEGCM (Thermosphere Ionosphere Electrodynamics General Circulation Model) and that of the 2012 version of IRI (International Reference Ionosphere) in African Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) region through the diurn...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/9748
Aims: The operation of a single screw extruder under the influence of locally available raw materials (African yam bean (AYB) and cassava products were determined using the measures of torque and specific mechanical energy of the extruder. The specific mechanical energy (SME) is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/8500
In this paper, the angular dependence of the etching rate is applied in the three-dimensional simulations of the profile evolution during etching process. Etching rates are determined from the silicon symmetry properties by the interpolation technique using experimentally obtaine...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/8704