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Statistical Model for Yield Estimation of ‘Gala Red Lum’ Apples before Bloom in Northern India

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/43391

High Serotype Diversity of Non-polio Enteroviruses Isolated in Ghana during Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance, 2010-2014

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/44423

Evaluation of Growth Parameters and Yield Parameters of Three Cultivars of Potato Grown in Hamelmalo, Eritrea

Mulue Girmay, V. K. Sharma & G. Sethumadhava Rao · Advances in Research · 2018

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/44315

Impacts of Boiling Times on Physicochemical and Nutritive Composition from Heart of Oil Palm Tree (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) Consumed as Vegetable in Côte d’Ivoire

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/44299

Predictive Models for Pigeonpea in Northern Hills of Chhattisgarh, India

Pradeep Kumar Ganjeer, A. Sahu & M. L. Lakhera · Advances in Research · 2018

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/44365

Soil Characterisation and Classification of Gollarahatti-2 Watershed, Karnataka, India

N. K. Vikas, K. S. Anil Kumar & B. Kalaiselvi · Advances in Research · 2018

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/43366

Gender-Based Knowledge Disparities about Micro Scale Water Conservation and Mitigation Strategies of Farming Community in Punjab, India

Preeti Sharma, Lakhwinder Kaur, Ritu Mittal, Samanpreet Kaur & Sukhjeet Kaur · Advances in Research · 2018

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/43316

Genetic Variability Analysis of Foreign Sugarcane Varieties at Ferké 2 in Northern Côte d’Ivoire

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/44264

Computing Internal Member Forces in a Bridge Truss Using Classical Iterative Numerical Methods with Maple® & MATLAB®

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/43876

Design and Fabrication of a Dual Powered Baking Oven

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/43219

Effect of Teaching Modules in Knowledge Gain of Students

Anju Kapri, Uma S. Hiremath & Pankaj Kumar Chaunsali · Advances in Research · 2018

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/43866

Resolution of Conflict of Laws in International Contract Field

Desiree Roffee Ciss · Advances in Research · 2018

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/43930

On Pairwise Singular Compactification

Anjali Srivastva & Rina Pankaj Verma · Advances in Research · 2018

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.  

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/26837

Risk Assessment for Subjective Evidence-based Ethnography Applied in High Risk Environment: Improved Protocol

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2018/43259