This study was carried out in Jesse kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria, to find out the fertility level in the area, its determinants and the implications for the people of the area. Data used in the study were collected from a representative sa...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/13232
Background: Stone quarrying is one of the major practices carried out in the world by the construction industry. In Kenya and specifically in Mandera County area, stone quarrying industry has grown rapidly in recent years. Objective: This study thus aims at examining the impact t...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24945
Aims: To find out whether group based aftercare with duration of ten to 20 weeks would help clients discharged from psychiatric in-patient treatment to maintain or improve clinical symptomatology over a follow-up period of at least one year. Study Design: Exploratory study with a...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24438
D. O. Laniyan, M. A. Charles-Davies, A. A. Fasanmade, J. A. Olaniyi, O. E. Oyewole, M. O. Owolabi, J. R. Adebusuyi, O. Hassan, B. M. Ajobo, M. O. Ebesunun, K. Adigun, K. S. Akinlade, S. U. Okoli, O. G. Arinola & E. O. Agbedana·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2016
Introduction: Defective spermatogenesis and metabolic syndrome affect 2-4% and 12.4% of males respectively. Deficient testosterone levels due to increased conversion of testosterone to oestradiol have been demonstrated in males with the metabolic syndrome (MS) with limited pituit...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24641
A postharvest evaluation study of groundnuts (Arachis hypogaea L.) was undertaken in a total of thirty (30) districts selected from the three Northern Regions of Ghana, namely, Upper West, Upper East and Northern, by employing the Participatory Rural Appraisal (P.R.A.) procedure....
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/22384
The study carried out an appraisal of the level of awareness and adaptation to climate change on cassava production. Both primary and secondary data were used. One hundred and twenty (120) respondents were randomly selected and interviewed with the aid of well structured question...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/23466
Aims: Verify a derived kinetic parameter dependent model for the determination of Gibbs free energy of activation and consequently rate constant and to show that despite criticism against the process, Lineweaver Burk plot and the rate constant, both process and term remain indisp...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24857
Nowadays, the selection of construction materials depends not only on the economic or resistance characteristics but also the environmental effect, mainly for the energy usage, CO2 emissions and pollution produced during the processes to obtain them. Portland cement and lime can...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24305
This study assesses the effect of financial structure on performance of consumer goods firms quoted in Nigerian Stock Exchange. In this study, twenty three (23) out of the twenty seven (27) firms were randomly chosen for the period 1993 to 2013. The study applied earnings per sha...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24569
Recommendation system acts as a tool in providing the most appropriate service to the user. Currently, information through online services is increased. This leads to the overhead of data in online and there is a possibility of getting less accurate prediction. In previous approa...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24184