In this paper, we present an algorithm of the homotopy analysis Elzaki transform method (HAETM) which is a combination of Elzaki transform method and homotopy analysis method (HAM) to solve a more general biological population model. The fractional derivatives are described by Ca...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/46155
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L) is the staple food among the population of Africa and Asia that supplies a major portion of calories and protein and has a wide range of adaptability to abiotic and biotic stresses and therefore it is for this reason that it is being popularize...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/38838
Contamination of sediment by heavy metals is one of the global issues mostly in developing nations like Nigeria. Five heavy metal such Lead (Pb), Copper (Cu), Manganese (Mn), Zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) in sediments from Bonny River in Rivers State were investigated. The increasing t...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/38841
This study investigated the influence of gradation parameters on Atterberg Limits of soil. This was with a view to establishing a relationship between the two geotechnical properties. Disturbed soil samples were collected from selected locations. The natural moisture contents, gr...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/45464
The paper is an action research paper which involves a sample of thirty (30) second year students of Buasi Roman Catholic Junior High School. The aim of the study was to use the balance model approach in the teaching and learning of linear equations to enhance students’ conceptua...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/35310
Homemade bread produced from blends of wheat flour with cassava flour (WCF), wheat flour with maize flour (WMF), and wheat flour with whole wheat flour (WWF) at varying proportions were compared. The bread samples were analysed for sensory evaluation, nutritional value and presen...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/40013
Human resources are the heartbeat of health service delivery. The health workforce determines health outputs and outcomes, drives health system performance etcetera. Shortages of health workforce are widespread and supply of healthcare professionals and other service providers ar...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/38719
Acacia seyal is a multipurpose tree that can be used as Agro-forestry species. In order to ascertain its suitability to this practice an experiment was carried out to investigate the allelophatic effect of Acacia seyal on the Sorghum seeds germination. The experiment was conducte...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/38133
Lattice dynamics of fcc metal crystals have been studied within the harmonic approximation. Phonon dispersion relation (frequency as a function of wave vector) along the symmetry directions [100], [110] and [111], density of states and the heat capacity have been calculated for A...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/37469
Trading should be regarded as a chaotic system with many benchmarked group of companies (e.g. green sustainable firms), company initiatives (e.g. NYSE equity offerings: IPOs), and temporally dynamics functions supported by timing technical analysis functionalities (like open gaps...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/38587
Proximate, vitamins, minerals and anti-nutrients compositions of unprocessed Vigna aconitifolia (moth bean) were assessed using standard procedures. Proximate compositions (%) of the sample were moisture, protein, fibre, fat, ash and carbohydrate, respectively were 12.87, 14.06,...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/37846
Aflatoxins are carcinogenic. The presence of such mycotoxin in food and feed could pose health threat to both human and animals. Aims: The aim of this research were to study the distribution and the fate of total aflatoxins from in-process aflatoxin contaminated wheat into produc...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/37017
Dicliptera verticillata is an underutilized medicinal plant that grows in Akwa Ibom State South-South Nigeria. Ethanol and aqueous extracts of the leaves are sometimes used for the treatment of malaria. The phytochemical compositions of the ethanol and aqueous extract of the leav...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/29722
In this paper we have investigated Bianchi V Ih universe model with magnetized strange quark matter (MSQM) distribution in f (R,T) gravity. For the solutions of modified field equations we have used the EoS of strange quark matter and anisotropy parameter with α = 1,-1,0 in Bianc...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/37868
Introducing students into Simultaneous equations and Matrices problem solving techniques without a practical way of transforming a real life physical system into the theory of what makes the subject, makes it so abstract and uninteresting, with many students avoiding its attempt...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/38147