This paper examined the impact of corruption on the growth of Nigerian economy using time series data from 1960 to 2012. The paper utilized secondary data and the paper explored various econometrics and/or statistical analytical (Eview 7.2) method to examine the relationship betw...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/15329
Januskevica Inga, Sangirejeva Anastasija, Eglite Jelena, Hagina Elvira, Jasinskis Vladislavs, Storozenko Jelena, Lejnieks Aivars & Rozentale Baiba·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2015
Aims: To describe the rates of HIV cases and Tuberculosis co-infection in Latvia from 2012 through 2014. Methodology: This retrospective study was conducted by Riga Eastern Clinical Univesity Hospital(RECUH) Latvian Center of Infectology (LCI) HIV datebase. 2293 TB-patients were...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/22247
It has been difficult in practice to distinguish between an employee (Locatio operarum) and an independent contractor (Conductio operis). It is important to know whether a person is an employer or independent contractor for the purposes of determining their entitlements such as l...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21658
Aims: This study was carried out with the aim of developing a software that can predict high-way infrastructural facilities and also monitors the traffic flow of vehicles at a particular junction of a specified location in Nigeria. Study Design: A T- Junction was identified as th...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21055
A study on the geology and hydrogeology of part of Suleja north central Nigeria was carried out using geological and hydrogeological mapping and Electrical Resistivity method of geophysical surveys. The study area was divided into portions of almost equal parts to aid easy identi...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21577
Synthesis of ultrathin ZnO nanowires gains great attention from research community because of their large potential in applications involving optoelectronics and sensors. In this study, a low-pressure and low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis of ultrathin ZnO nanowires is studie...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/22427
This article explores the water supply-demand relationship in the Middle Draa valley, under climate change and socio-economic scenarios; identifying some of the climate-hydrological variables that best express the vulnerability of hydrological resources at watershed level. The a...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21536
Heavy metal pollution of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem through improper management of dumpsites and indiscriminate dumping of waste has been recognised as a serious environmental concern in the city of Port Harcourt. It is important to validate the extent of contamination of...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20594
Semantic similarity measures are used to compute the common shared information between two concepts in domain resources such as ontologies. These measures form the basis of all ontology matching algorithms because they measure the degree of semantic relatedness between matched on...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21593
This study compared the proximate and mineral composition of extruded samples of African breadfruit flour mixtures with some commercial pasta products (whole wheat spaghetti, enriched macaroni and corn pasta). Sample A composed of African breadfruit, soybean and corn flours while...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21130