The present study was carried out to determine the concentrations of selected heavy metals Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb in four stations of east coast of Bay of Bengal waters. A total number of 60 samples were collected from offshore of Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, Bheemili and Kali...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16488
Accurate prediction and determination of the effective earth radius factor (k-factor) is critical for optimal performance in the design and planning of terrestrial line of sight communication links. In this work an artificial neural network (ANN) model is developed and used to pr...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16160
The multi-level programming problems, have received much interest from researchers because of their application in several areas such as economic, traffic, finance, management, transportation and so on. Among these, the bi-level programming problem (BLPP) is an appropriate tool t...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15831
Many people lack awareness and good knowledge about radiation and its uses in medicine as it has been figured out that significant segments of the public society have a wrong idea and abnormal fear from unwarranted irradiation. For these reasons, a population in the Middle East w...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15300
In this paper, we consider a discrete multispecies Gilpin-Ayala type competition-predator system. Firstly, permanence of the system is studied. Assume that the coefficients in the system are almost periodic sequences, we obtain the sufficient conditions for the existence of a uni...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16779
In this work, we study the effect of the substrate temperature (ST) during sputter-deposition as well as co-sputtering deposition on the fabrication of nanostructured Ni-Mn-Sn thin films. Sputtered films show Mn losses of around 10 at.% while the average grain size (<d>) in...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16672
One of the ways to get thorough knowledge to food handlers is self-reporting. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare self-reporting and routine inspection of Environmental Health Inspectors (EHIs) on elimination of health defects in food production and distribution cen...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16370
Background: The use of pollen grains to establish the geographical and botanical origin of honey samples, and for supplying information concerning to the floral class of a honey produced in a region, has been employed since 1895. Pollen analysis has relevant significance for the...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16799
Introduction: The disposal of Sewage Sludge (SS) or its application on farmlands is of public health concern, owing to the potentials of Heavy Metals (HMs) in SS to deteriorate soil, ground water quality and bioaccumulate in food chains. Conventional inorganic chelating agents us...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16967
A stroke is the leading cause of adult mortality and disability. It is the second most common cause of death globally and may soon become the first cause of death worldwide. Among the most important risk factors for stroke are advanced age, hypertension, diabetes, previous stroke...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17128