This study examined the extent of climate change in Kano through rainfall data analysis. Rainfall data for one hundred years (1914-2013) of Aminu Kano International Airport synoptic meteorological station obtained from Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) was used in explaining...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17098
Membrane contactor (MC) is a cost effective solution that able to reduce the release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.The membrane applies in a MC system are highly hydrophobic, high surface porosity, low mass transfer resistance and high resistance to chemicals in the feed str...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17277
This study probed the foundations of the scientometric approach of citation metrics to evaluate research publications. The error made by Derek J. De Solla Price when he made a trivial modification of the contagion of success model is identified. De Solla Price’s Urn model was com...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/18293
The Chezy’s resistance coefficient plays an important role in the calculation of the normal depth in the open channels. When using the Chezy’s relationship for the calculation of the normal depth, the main unknown parameter of the problem is the Chezy’s coefficient. There is no e...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/18385
Mohamed Kaled A. Shambesh, Zeinab Elmehdi Saleh, Taher Mohamed Emahbes, Ezzadin Areaf Franka, Faisal Ismail & Malik Abdurrazag A. Elosta·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2015
Objectives: To use CHADS2 and Community Stroke Risk Classification (CSRC) scores to describe and classify the distribution of the risk factors of stroke in a population without known atrial fibrillation (AF). Study Design: Was community, cross-sectional study. Place and Duration...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17691
Lysimetric experiments were conducted in order to determine the groundwater contributions by Black cumin. The plants were grown in 27 columns, each with a diameter of 0.40 m and packed with Silty clay soil. The factorial experiments were carried out using three replicates with ra...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17870
Due to the combined effect of urbanization and changes in lifestyle, consumption of bread in Nigeria has increased significantly over the years. On 15 July 2012, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) announced the cassava bread policy mandating flour mills and bakeries to inclu...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16706
Aims: The purpose of this research was to establish a five-arsenic-species separation and analysis method including arsenite [As(III)], arsenate [As(V)], monomethylarsonate (MMA), dimethylarsonate (DMA) and arsenocholine (AsC) in water sample by liquid chromatography with hydride...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16992
This paper presents a new methodology of estimating the mass flow rate of gases flowing outward from room, the mass flow rate of the outer air entering a room and the rate of combustible material gasification in building based on solving the problem of inverse enclosure fire dyna...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/18212
Three varieties of Ipomoea batatas and two varieties of Manihot esculenta leaves were analysed for their proximate and major essential element (Magnesium, Calcium and Iron) contents using standard analytical methods. The nutritive values for all the samples were high ranging from...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17184