This study investigated seismicity in parts of African plate to examine the pentad and annual variation of seismicity and to determine b-values for a period of 45 years. The data set for this work were obtained from the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS), a website owned by...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/39231
Aim: The objective of this work was to produce instant fura powder from the addition of yellow-fleshed sweet potato flour with millet flour and fermentation. Methodology: Pearl millet flour and yellow fleshed sweet potato flour was used to produce fura in the ratio 90:10, 80:20,...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/39946
Aim: Assessing the heart and other thoracic structures radiographically is very important, in small animal practice, when decisions must be made regarding staging a patient with the suspected cardiac anomaly, deciding about therapy protocols, and monitoring disease progression or...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/35181
Aim: Cardiac and pericardial diseases are frequently associated with a change in the size of the heart. Therefore, the radiographic evaluation of the heart size is invaluable in the determination of the extent and severity of the cardiac or pericardial disorder. This research was...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/35182
This research was conducted with a view to assess the carbon stock in Majiya Fuel Reserve in Dange Shuni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. A 150 m line transect was laid at both sides of the reserve and the area was divided into 30 x 30 m plots, of which simple random sampli...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/39457
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...
Open access
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...
Open access
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...
Open access
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...
Open access
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...
Open access
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...
Open access
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...
Open access
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...
Open access
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...
Open access
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...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/39409