This study investigated seismicity in parts of African plate to examine the pentad and annual variation of seismicity and to determine b-values for a period of 45 years. The data set for this work were obtained from the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS), a website owned by...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/39231
Aim: The objective of this work was to produce instant fura powder from the addition of yellow-fleshed sweet potato flour with millet flour and fermentation. Methodology: Pearl millet flour and yellow fleshed sweet potato flour was used to produce fura in the ratio 90:10, 80:20,...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/39946
Aim: Assessing the heart and other thoracic structures radiographically is very important, in small animal practice, when decisions must be made regarding staging a patient with the suspected cardiac anomaly, deciding about therapy protocols, and monitoring disease progression or...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/35181
Aim: Cardiac and pericardial diseases are frequently associated with a change in the size of the heart. Therefore, the radiographic evaluation of the heart size is invaluable in the determination of the extent and severity of the cardiac or pericardial disorder. This research was...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/35182
This research was conducted with a view to assess the carbon stock in Majiya Fuel Reserve in Dange Shuni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. A 150 m line transect was laid at both sides of the reserve and the area was divided into 30 x 30 m plots, of which simple random sampli...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/39457
Aims: A self-oxidized sludge reduction process was installed in a municipal sewage treatment plant at full scale in order to verify the efficiency of the process. Study Design: A full-scale (100 m3) self-oxidized sludge reduction tank was constructed in a municipal sewage treatme...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/40146
Agriculture system is still taking the high risk in order to feed the people around the world. Climate is changing now and will have the big problem of agriculture productivity. Feeding people in the future is not easy. We need to take some actions regarding climate change. Objec...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/39661
This research focuses on the design, fabrication and performance evaluation of a laboratory hot mounting press machine for metallography using locally sourced materials and indigenous technology. To achieve this research objective, working drawings were produced which were used t...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/39372
Knowledge gap on heterotic patterns for yield limits maize breeding program from exploiting genetic potential of open pollinated maize varieties (OPVs) in Uganda. So this study was conducted to determine the heterotic group of the 19 OPVs using the specific combining ability effe...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/38177
Cookies were produced from pretreated cocoyam flour (Xanthosoma sagittoforus). Pretreatment such as fermentation, blanching and soaking in potassium metabisulphite was done. The pretreated flours were used to bake cookies. Functional and pasting properties of the flours were dete...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/26859