This study characterized 1018 steel case-hardened in processed cassava leaves. The microstructures, phases and case depths of treated samples were characterized and the effect of soaking time on case depth was determined. Standard specimens machined from 1018 steel were pack-cyan...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/42632
The performance of two-chambered low-cost microbial fuel cell (MFC) with cassava wastewater was evaluated for the effective treatment of polluting content. Two 30 L plastic containers were used to serve as anode and cathode chamber. The electrodes were made from readily available...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/42791
Aims: To profile and address matters surrounding ochnaflavone (1), derivatives and analogues. Methodology: Papers concerning ochnaflavone, derivatives and analogues were accessed from search engines such as google scholar and pubmed. Results: Ochnaflavone and derivatives are comp...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/43042
Malaria is still a great public health concern in all endemic areas despite many control interventions by the national malaria control programme (NMCP) for this last decade. Some researchers pointed out the importance of the implication of population in for the success of control...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/43009
The process of infiltration may be quite complex due to non-uniformity of the initial moisture content and soil properties and it is a process governed by force of gravity and capillary action. This process affects surface runoff, soil erosion, and groundwater recharge. It is imp...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/41974
Michel Kalongo Ilumbulumbu, Joël Kambale Ketha, Vianney Kambere Tshimanga, Gabriel Kambale Bunduki, Moise Muhindo Valimungighe, Tecla Katungu Kitamwivirirwa, Sylvie Visavingi, Franck Katembo Sikakulya & Alexandre Amini Mitamo·Archives of Current Research International·2018
Background: Transfusion safety investigations in sub-Saharan Africa are sparse, often limited to local initiatives. The provision of transfusion products must comply with the rules of good transfusion practice. This study aimed to evaluate transfusion practices in a rural area in...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/41831
The perception of changes in climate in any environment by farmers significantly influences their ability to adjust and cope with challenges that might emerge from such changes. Climate change can have direct impact on swamp rice cultivation because swamp rice cultivation in Ebon...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/41176
This study employed fifty-five selected versions of the Runge-Kutta (RK) fourth order schemes tagged (RKV_1, RKV_2, …, RKV_55), inclusive is the classical fourth order scheme RKV_55 to simulate the dynamics of harmonically excited nonlinear pendulum using adaptive time step techn...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/41110
Luciana Krauss Rezende, Fátima Aparecida Caromano, Sueli Galego de Carvalho, Selma Petra Chaves Sá, Luiz Fernando Barca, Wiliam César Alves Machado & Silvana Maria Blascovi de Assis·Archives of Current Research International·2018
Children with Down syndrome (DS) have neuro-sensorimotor disorders that limit their functionality and social participation. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between functional performance of children with DS and the perception of social support, quality of...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/24608
The present study explored factors that affect the use of condoms among young men and women who have never been married in Zambia. The data that was employed in this study was derived from the 2013 Zambia Demographic Health Survey (ZDHS). Logistic regression analysis was used to...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/41357
We report here a quantum chemical study of π-extended tetrathiafulvalene (exTTF) connected to thiophene derivative 1-4 performed at DFT/B3LYP with 6-31G (d,p) basis set using Gaussian 09w program package. The optimized parameters (bond lengths, bond angles and dihedral angles) ar...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/41529
The population dynamics of microbial communities in mesotidal estuarine sediment of Iko River Estuary, Nigeria were investigated using standard microbiological and analytical procedures. The results revealed that the abundance of culturable microbes in the estuary varied between...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/37646
Background: The number of pregnancies per year in the world is about 210 million, of which 182 million are in developing countries. The abortion reflects the significance of unplanned pregnancies and unsafe abortion is one of the biggest contributors to global maternal mortality....
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/41321
This study aim is to investigate the properties of selected fourth order Runge-Kutta algorithms. Fifty-five versions of fourth order Runge-Kutta (RK_1, RK_2, RK_3 …, RK_55) methods; inclusive of the classical fourth order RK version, were selected. Thereafter, these versions were...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/41227
Like in other parts of the world, the extent of psychological distress among young adults in the Nigerian universities is worrisome with over 31.9% likely to have a severe mental disorder. It is a fact that a number of factors contribute to the problem. This article presents the...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/41208