Aims: This study aims to calculate the energy losses in unit length of protons during their movement within water and lung by using two analytical equations. Study Design: One of the equations used in this study is the mass stopping power equation suggested by Bethe-Bloch (1930-1...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15979
Impact assessment is a powerful tool that has been remarkably successful in allowing the consideration of social, economic and environmental effects. The development in Pakistan is supported with the growth of the gross domestic product, the steady increase of the population and...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/11125
Aims: The paper aims to clarify the relationship of martyrdom between two religious organizational structures, the Donatists and the Catholic Church. It proposes modeling a social transformation process by stressing a homogeneity of martyrdom between these two realms. Study Desig...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14881
Aims: This study was aimed to assess the level of particulate matter contamination and its associated health risks in Uyo, Niger Delta, Nigeria. Study Design: The study involved sampling and analysis of suspended particulate matter and assessing the health risk associated with tr...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16296
The present study examines documentary submission by Air New Zealand (NZ) [1], Business NZ [2], Greenpeace NZ [3] and Oxfam NZ [4] to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Review Committee in 2009. In doing so, this paper consulted Lewins and Silver’s Computer Assisted Qualitative D...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16042
Plasma cutting has been a revolutionary method of processing metals as it provides precision cutting with a smooth finish. The Plasma Arc Cutting machine is an important machine used for producing fine cuts and creating shapes in materials. In addition to high energy radiation (u...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15438
This study examined the association of non-financial incentives and employee’s job satisfaction of Hotel Workers in Port Harcourt. Questionnaire was the instrument for data collection, and the data were presented using frequency tables, simple percentages and pie charts whereas h...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15900
This paper presents a methodology for management and evaluation of groundwater aquifer in the Middle Part of Darb El-Arbaein Area. Three dimensional lithologic modeling techniques have been used for detailed characterization and groundwater flow modeling of the aquifer system in...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15736
Fungal endophytes live within tissues of living plants without causing any disease. These fungi are recognized sources of natural, bioactive compound with potential applications in agriculture, medicine, and food. Aims: This research study aimed to isolate and produce bioactive m...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16272
Aims: Unilateral hopping (UH) is one of the common tests for footedness assessment. Inter-limb differences between vertical stiffness (KVERT), ankle dynamic joint stiffness (ADJS) and knee dynamic joint stiffness (KDJS) are expected to exist between the dominant and non-dominant...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15821
In this paper different modulation formats NRZ and RZ and different wavelengths 1550 nm and 1310 nm and two photodiodes APD and PIN has been investigated on free space optical communication link. The value of Q has been observed in all the cases in different eye diagrams. It is c...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15503
Aims: Aims of the study were to describe socio-economic characteristics of cocoyam farmers and ascertain the constraints associated with cocoyam producers in Kaduna state. Study Design: Primary data were collected from cocoyam producers through the use of structured questionnaire...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16167
Sediment acts as a sink for heavy metals, which may be remobilized into the water column. The research was carried out to assess seasonal distribution and impact of heavy metals (Zn, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, Cr, Cd) concentrations in sediment on the overlying water. Water and bed sediment...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14803
A fully implicit hybrid Block- Predictor Corrector method for the numerical integration of initial value problems of third order ordinary differential equations is presented in this paper. We adopted the approach of collocation approximation in the derivation of the scheme to gen...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14822
Background: The correlation between health and the environment has been acknowledged since ancient times. Values of environmental parameters situated beyond the ecological range produce vulnerabilities and latent pathological mechanisms or generate other reactions. This phenomeno...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15626