An indicator of immigrants’ involvement in various areas of social life and of transnational activities in the host country following transnational migrations is their relationship with non-governmental organisations. In this context, this study is concerned with the views held b...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/41541
Aims: This work aimed to determine the total content of oxalate on some species of Hibiscus collected at Kwilu state/Congo-Dr, and to determine the variation of this anti-nutritional factor according to the plant age and after the removal of first cooking water. Study Design: Dif...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/38342
Pollution of heavy metals in industrial, residential areas and cities has become a public health issue in Ghana. Studies were conducted at Suame Industrial Area to investigate the degree of the pollution as a result of human activities at various artisan shops. Six (6) artisan's...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/41175
This study is aimed at identifying the problem associated with Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) in relation to the violation of assumptions of normality and constant variance. Mainly, the possible problem encountered when these assumptions are violated is the introduction of biases i...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/40909
Aims: The aim of this manuscript is to review the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy and the relationship between diabetic nephropathy and genetic polymorphisms. Definition: Diabetic nephropathy is one of the kidney diseases that progresses to harm the capillaries in the glomer...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/41371
Monitoring of ambient air quality parameters (NO2, SO2, NH3, PM10 and PM2.5) levels in the surrounding area of a fertilizer plant located at Aonla, (U.P.) India, was carried out using the respirable dust sampler. The specific objectives were the determination of annual and season...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/40624
In this study we have introduced a new reliable and robust ratio estimator for estimating the population variance by utilizing the auxiliary information as Gini’s mean difference. Efficiency conditions along with bias and mean square error has been worked out through a numerical...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/41962
Variations in biological systems are due to genetic and environmental influences. Climate change has caused serious damages in potato production worldwide. A literature review on previous research works carried out in the Western Highlands of Cameroon aimed at determining the eff...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/40588
The farmers’ well-being is a dynamic process that gives people a sense of how their lives are evolving. More precisely, it refers to the welfare of farmers which is influenced by both qualitative and quantitative parameters. Well-being may differ from individual to individual du...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/41842
The study aimed at investigating the cultural and socio-demographic factors that affect household's probability to adopt energy efficient stoves (EES) in the Sudano-Sahelian region of Cameroon. It examined among other aspects, cooking patterns, stoves and fuel types. Major stove...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/40242