Consumers’ preference to natural colours for edible purposes is of general interest. Annatto dye also called as poor man’s saffron is widely used in the food industry. Annatto is obtained from the thin resinous aril portion of seeds of Bixa orellana - a tropical plant of great ag...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5870
Knowledge of aquifer parameters is essential for the assessment, management and protection strategy of groundwater resources. The values of these parameters are best estimated through pumping tests but are costly and time consuming. Data from Electrical resistivity survey carried...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/4429
The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of yoghurt supplied to the consumers from retail outlets in Sabaragamuwa province Sri Lanka. Set yoghurt samples (50), which represent yoghurt samples from five manufacturers and fruit yoghurt samples (30), which represent yoghurt...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/6512
Aims: The presence of natural or synthetic compounds that interfere with the absorption of nutrients called antinutrients causing itching in the mouth has, resulted in the underutilization of cocoyam and therefore requires some processing methods to reduce these limiting factors....
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5925
This work we present the synthesis, microstructure, surface alkaline-acidic behavior and photo catalytic property of the cobalt zine ferrite Co1-xZnxFe2O4 (x=0–1.0) nano-particles. The oxidation-reduction potential of methyl blue aqueous solution in presence of the ferrite nano-p...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/6827
The ever increasing incidences of occupational diseases among workers have continually drawn the attention of researchers towards ameliorating the situation. Investigation was launched to assess occupational diseases among artisans and factory workers in Ifo, Nigeria. Structured...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5554
The Real Time Graph program is capable of generating, as an output, a spectral panel and a power panel, that change in terms of shape and size in response to back-scattered incoherent radar signals. A spectral shape criterion and a power profile criterion are used to evaluate and...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5695
The present work was conducted to study the presence of Salmonella and its IgY antibodies in birds from Jamaica. The IgY fraction was isolated from the egg yolks of a variety of birds including chickens, quails, geese and pigeons by the chloroform-polyethylene glycol method. An e...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5420
Aims: To evaluate the antibacterial activity of the Methanol and Chloroform extracts of the leaves of Alchornea cordifolia and verify the claim that it is used to treat bacterial infections. Study Design: This is an experimental study involving the extraction of the bioactive age...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/4328
Two-dimensional Principal Component Analysis (2DPCA) and principal component analysis (PCA) were performed to determine two-dimensional ionospheric total electron content (TEC) anomaly after Indonesia’s Sumatra earthquake on 11 April, 2012 (UT) (Mw =8.6). The earthquake occurred...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5923