Background and Purpose: Spastic cerebral palsy is accompanied with an increase in calf muscles’ spasticity and a decrease in the ankle range of motion. The purpose of the study was to compare muscle inhibitory with functional corrective Kinesio taping applications on children wit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v1i313059
This study introduces a new, better, class of ratio estimators for the estimation of population variance of the study variable by using the coefficient of quartile deviation of auxiliary variable. Bias and mean square error of the proposed class of estimators are also derived. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v1i313065
Although known for its role in clogging arteries and pathogenesis of heart diseases and stroke, cholesterol (and similar lipids) is also useful in the bio-synthesis of sex and adrenal hormones. Studies have shown three forms of cholesterol-carrying proteins in the blood: high-den...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v1i313055
Conflicts within continental Africa have been a recurring decimal in the socio-political, economic, and cultural history of the people of Africa from time immemorial. In the last few decades, especially from the mid-twentieth century, African societies have been undergoing diffic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v1i213049
The experiment was carried out in the Experimental Area of the Plant Genetic Improvement Sector of the Agricultural Sciences Center of the Federal University of Alagoas (SMGP-CECA-UFAL), in the year 2013, where periods of control and weed coexistence of sweet potatoes were eval...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v1i213044
The increasing quest for economic development and demographic demand has led to rapid forest decline and degradation of the forests in Nigeria. Forests are lost yearly through the industrial, commercial and other urban-related activities. This is currently impacting on the enviro...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v1i213038
A geoelectric investigation of groundwater prospect at Omitogun Estate, along Benin/Ilesha express way Akure, within the basement complex of southwestern Nigeria was carried out with a view to providing information on the geoelectric characteristic of the subsurface sequence, bed...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v1i213043
The objective of this study is to develop a cattle monitoring system for tracking cattle combating rustling in extensive grazing areas, grazing reserves, grazing routes and ranches. The system is majorly made up of a collar that consists majorly of a GSM & GPS module. This sy...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v1i213035
Studies on housing quality have focused on urban and rural areas with no consideration of coastal areas, especially on how residents perceive it. This paper, therefore, examines the importance coastal dwellers attached to housing quality and the level of satisfaction derived from...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v1i113031
The investigation reveals the stratigraphic sub-division of the site within the depth explored. Basically, though at some depths the lithology is similar, they are different sediments as revealed by the laboratory tests. Essentially, the site consists of silty clay on the surface...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v1i113017