Tabasum Mushtaq, S. A. Mir, Nageena Nazir, T. A. Raja, A. H. Pandith, Khalid Rasool & Mushtaq A. Lone·Advances in Research·2018
In order to solve the problems of damage in crops due to natural disasters like frosts and hail storm, it is common to insure crops against the damage. After damage, crop loss must be evaluated by comparing what amount of crop is left with the amount that would have been obtained...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43391
John Kofi Odoom, Ishmael Adziati, Elijah Quansah, Keren Attiku, Nana Afia Asante Ntim, Jacob Arthur-Quarm, Miriam Eshun, Evangeline Obodai & Jacob Samson Barnor·Advances in Research·2018
Aim: Sabin-like polioviruses and non-polio enteroviruses (NPEVs) isolated from acute flaccid paralysis cases have continued to circulate in the country. However, no wild poliovirus has been detected in Ghana since the last case of poliomyelitis in 2008. This decline has been attr...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44423
The research on “Impact of personal, parental and familial characteristics on sibling relationship of twins” was conducted during 2016. The study consists 39 pairs of twins. The respondents selected for the study were belonging to 10-24 years age range from Hubli and Dharwad citi...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44989
The experiment was conducted at Hamelmalo Agricultural College farm station from September 2014 to January 2015. The design of the experiment was randomized complete block in triplicate. The growth parameters (plant height, stem number, leaf number at 30 and 60 days after planti...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44315
Rosine Mihia Brou, Gbocho Serge Elvis Ekissi, Betty Meuwiah Faulet, Bedel Jean Fagbohoun & Patrice Lucien Kouamé·Advances in Research·2018
Heart of oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.), little known, is a vegetable consumed after boiling. This study is an evaluation of the impact of boiling times (15, 30, 45 min) on physicochemical and nutritive composition of this vegetable. Moisture, fiber and carbohydrate cont...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44299
The study is very necessary not only for understanding the growth trends and magnitude of fluctuations in crop production but are also useful for scientific planning and effective implementation of agricultural developmental at different levels. The necessary secondary data were...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44365
Land resource inventorisation is a method to assess the available natural resources for effective utilisation. To characterise and classify the soils at large scale (1:7920 scale), this study was carried out in Gollarahatti-2 micro-watershed located in Jagalur taluk of Davanagere...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43366
Climate change is being considered as a serious threat to the livelihood of Indian farmers. Depleting groundwater table is one of the consequences of climate change. Practicing water saving technologies at the farm and household level can mitigate the effects of climate change. T...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43316
Oura Otchou Jean-Didier Thierry, Kouamé Konan Didier, Ouattara Yah, Boua Bomo Mélanie & Péné Bi Crépin·Advances in Research·2018
Aims: The study was to estimate and characterise the existing genetic variability of new candidate imported sugarcane varieties under Northern agro-climatic conditions of Côte d'Ivoire. Study Design: A randomised complete block design with nine genotypes (clones) and four replica...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44264
Aliyu Bhar Kisabo, Bello Abdulazeez Opeyemi & Capt. Olayemi Balogun·Advances in Research·2018
In this study, computation and analysis of internal member forces acting on a bridge truss were carried out. First, the forces were resolved at each joint and a system of equations was built to describe the truss as a Linear System of Algebraic Equations (LSAEs). The LSAEs develo...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43876
J. L. Chukwuneke, I. C. Nwuzor, E. O. Anisiji & I. E. Digitemie·Advances in Research·2018
This work develops a mini dual powered oven which is mainly made up of the electric coil, the lagging material, temperature control and the gas burner. It has an internal volume of 0.140m3, with a double tray for baking and drying of food items and outside surface area of 0.142 m...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43219
Aim: To know the knowledge level of students about nutrition and health and gain in knowledge after introducing teaching modules to the selected groups. Study Design: Random sampling design method was used in this study Place and Duration of Study: A total of 300 rural junior col...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43866
As we know, it would be difficult to live in community, to maintain human relations, in other words, to live in a society without talking about the differences that could arise. It is also in the perspective of managing this kind of situations, these relationships between individ...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43930
By introducing the notion of a pairwise singular compactification for a pairwise hausdorff, pairwise locally compact bitopological space it is proved that a aX is a pairwise singular compactification for X iff aX-X is a pairwise retract of aX.
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/26837
Philippe Fauquet-Alekhine, Sophie Le Bellu, Marion Buchet, Jérôme Berton, Guillaume Bouhours, Frédéric Daviet, Jean- Claude Granry & Saadi Lahlou·Advances in Research·2018
Subjective Evidence-Based Ethnography (SEBE) is a family of methods developed for investigation in social science based on subjective audio-video recordings with a miniature video-camera usually worn at eye-level (eye-tracking techniques are included). Facing a lack of tools for...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43259