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
Darkwah Williams Kweku, Odum Bismark, Addae Maxwell, Koomson Ato Desmond, Kwakye Benjamin Danso, Ewurabena Asante Oti-Mensah, Asenso Theophilus Quachie & Buanya Beryl Adormaa·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2018
The Greenhouse effect is a leading factor in keeping the Earth warm because it keeps some of the planet's heat that would otherwise escape from the atmosphere out to space. The study report on the Greenhouse gases and their impact on Global warming. Without the greenhouse effect...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/39630
Patrícia da Silva Costa, Rener Luciano de Souza Ferraz, José Dantas Neto, Franklin Alves dos Anjos, Constantino Antônio Cavalcante Júnior, Newcélia Paiva Barreto, Aldair de Souza Medeiros, Marcelo de Andrade Barbosa, Ivomberg Dourado Magalhães & Suely de Lima Santos·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2018
Water limitation has driven punctual global actions in search of efficient management strategies, to calculate the sustainability indices, as the water footprints can guide these efforts. With the aim of estimating the water footprint of the academic community of the Rural Health...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/39250
Human access to quality water is a prerequisite to a healthy living. Thus, a study aimed at assessing the spatial quality of borehole water in 16 different locations in Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria. The borehole water samples were subjected to physico-chemical and bacteriological ana...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/38045
A study on the productivity and economic benefits of various rates of Lumax 537.5 SE for weed control in maize were conducted during the 2009 and 2010 cropping seasons at the Multipurpose Research Centre of the University of Education, Winneba, Mampong-Ashanti from September-Dece...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/37320
Aim: The “amorphous” state of silica is the critical characteristic necessary for its use in various applications. Extensive experimentation has determined that the highest quality rice husk ash is obtained after treating the ash in two steps: a burning step followed by a curing...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/39409