Shikha Kumari, S. M. Verma, Hemant Kumar & Chandan Kumar Kyal·Advances in Research·2017
Aims: This study was conducted to investigate the antioxidant potential, antimicrobial activity and wound healing activity of ethyl acetate, butanol, and aqueous fractions of methanolic extract of leaves of Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) a locally used leave in Jharkhand, India. Place...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36610
Jihène Sahli, Mallouli Manel, Kaouthar Dahmène, Chekib Zedini, Ali Mtiraoui & Thouraya Nabli Ajmi·Advances in Research·2017
Introduction: Despite the benefits of breastfeeding, neither its duration, nor its exclusivity are respected by the majority of mothers. Among the modifiable factors and sensitive to the interventions of health professionals, the self-efficacy has been recognized as the most infl...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35717
A. Adepoju, Gafari, A. Ogunbiyi, Kazeem & A. Boladale, Taofik·Advances in Research·2017
This paper presents a survey of publications on Optimal Power Flow (OPF) analysis of longitudinal power system with emphasis on the Nigerian power grid. It explained the nitty-gritty of OPF analysis. The study revealed that application of heuristic optimization techniques to OPF...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36312
Zahoor Ahmad Shah, Rekhi Singh, Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, Jehangir Muzaffar Matoo & Rufaida Mir·Advances in Research·2017
The present study was conducted in district Shopian of Jammu and Kashmir in 2014 with sample size of 180 respondents. The district Shopian was purposively selected, because of the potential for the development of horticulture, mainly because 90% of the district was under apple cu...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35605
Md. Monir Hossain, Khaleda Khatun, Md. Ehsanul Haq, Montasir Ahmed & Md. Shefat-Al-Maruf·Advances in Research·2017
An experiment was carried out at the Agronomy Research field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from November, 2013 to April, 2014 with a view to observe the effect of micronutrients (Zn, B and Mn) with different levels of macronutrients...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36853
Objectives: To explore the opinions of medical, dental, physiotherapy, and nursing students in three tertiary schools in Ibadan, Nigeria, towards the ethics and practice of euthanasia. Methodology: This research was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study. Questionnaires were...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/29517
A study was conducted during 2011-12 on the Punjab farmers under the name of “Integrated Farming Systems Approach of PAU Awardee Farmers for Income and Employment Enhancement in Punjab” to find productivity, profitability and employment generation of integrated farming system as...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33795
Estimation of simple reference ETo model is being received considerable attention over the globally accepted FAO56 Penman-Monteith model, because the data generated from the fitted sensors of weather stations are questionable. To solves this problem in research field of water m...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36093
Ashley Stewart Halls, Md. Golam Mustafa & Malcolm Dickson·Advances in Research·2017
Aims: To promote the sustainable use of inland fisheries resources by empowering communities to manage their own resources. Study Design: An investigation in the impact of the nationwide Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) approach to determine whether or not the approach...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36320
Modern automobiles are now embedded with a lot of sensors and actuators controlling several systems in the vehicle, thereby making it an electro-mechanical means of transportation rather than the mechanical means known some decades ago. Consequently, several automobile diagnostic...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/32664
Zahoor Ahmad Shah, Rekhi Singh, Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, Jehangir Muzaffar Matoo & Rufaida Mir·Advances in Research·2017
The present study was conducted in low and high altitude areas comprising of villages viz. Keegam, Tikora and Tengwani (low altitude areas) and Imam-Sahab, Hillow and Nagbal (high altitude areas) of district Shopian of Jammu and Kashmir with sample size of 120 apple growers. The...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35604
Evaporation is an integral part of water cycle. The measurement of evaporation plays a significant role in water management planning, irrigation requirement and to know the water availability in storage system. Considering the complexity in estimation of evaporation by empirical...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36473
C. H. Achebe, J. L. Chukwuneke, T. D. Otobo & P. S. Aguh·Advances in Research·2017
This research work analyzed carbide tool wear of the single point cutting tool used in the turning operation of EN38 steel. Sixteen experiments were conducted, to determine how feed rate, depth of cut and spindle speed of the tool, made of tungsten carbide, caused tool wear at va...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36441
Subhash ., G. S. Tagore, Debabrata Nath, M. Mohanty & Nishant K. Sinha·Advances in Research·2017
GPS based three hundred and three surface soil samples (0-15 cm) were collected from dominant cropping system and analyzed for different soil characteristics in laboratory using standard procedures. The results were statistically interpreted that the N, P, K, and S were found to...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35391
Yarhands Dissou Arthur, Samuel Asiedu-Addo & Charles K. Assuah·Advances in Research·2017
The study investigated the effect of instructor quality and availability on Ghanaian students’ interest in Mathematics. The study used structured questionnaire to randomly select 1,263 students from 10 public secondary schools in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The study performed p...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/34570