There are two issues surrounding design and establishment of experiments. Among these is even when resources are available, it may be difficult to conduct purpose driven research. On the other hand, in the midst of scarce resources, there are often unrecognized opportunities. The...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/36429
The present cross sectional study was carried out among 368 adults in which 168 and 200 are from Chothe and Vaiphei respectively, aged 18-80 years. Subjects were randomly chosen from four (4) Chothe and Vaiphei inhabited villages of Chandel and Kangpokpi districts, Manipur. Anthr...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/37130
Zahari Ishak, Low Suet Fin, Liaw Sze Ying, Muhammmad Yazid Jalaludin, Fuziah Md Zain, Abdul Halim Mohktar, Rusidah Selamat & Wan Nazaimoon Wan Mohamud·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2017
Childhood obesity has been seen as a public health challenge in most of the developed and developing countries including Malaysia. This is due to the fact that childhood obesity can result in long term negative effect during adulthood. Thus, early intervention at the primary scho...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/36285
A spice is a vegetable substance of indigenous or exotic origin, which has a hot pigment taste that could be used to enhance taste of food or add to food some necessary stimulant ingredients. Knowledge of radioactivity levels in human diet is of particular concern for the estimat...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/36833
This paper addresses improved modelling of one of important aerodynamic curves of a wind turbine by means of artificial neural networks (ANNs). Aerodynamic curves play an important role in designing controller in wind turbines. Inherent nonlinearity of these curves and dependence...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/37083
This study examined the perceived effects of climate variability on food crop agriculture in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo State. It adopted the survey research design. The local government area was first stratified into nine (9) based on existing towns in the area; afte...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/35946
The assessment of noise pollution caused by emissions from power generating sets in Nnewi, a fast-growing town in Anambra State of Nigeria is presented in this paper. Some areas were randomly selected from the four quarters (i.e. Otolo, Umudim, Nnewichi and Uruagu) of Nnewi North...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/36092
Objective: The purpose of this study was development and validation of self-knowledge sources scale of Iranian people. Methods: The design of the study was an ex post facto and a survey study to be carried out in data collection. The population included all People between the a...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/35584
Background: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a sudden unexpected death of an infant, the cause of which remains unexplained after a thorough investigation. Supine sleep positioning recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics since 1992 has significantly reduced the in...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/36614
Aims: This study was carried out to determine the level of the retained β-carotene in processing yellow cassava (variety IITA TMS 01/1371 or UMUCASS 38) into gari using local processing method, in addition, it was also carried out to determine the residual cyanide after processin...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/36428