Arindam Ghosh, Dibyendu Pal, Amitava Biswas & S. K. Acharya·Advances in Research·2020
Waste is a ceaselessly developing issue at worldwide and territorial just as at neighborhood levels. Due to vigorous globalization and product proliferation in recent years, more waste has been produced by the soaring manufacturing activities. The social ecology of waste recyclin...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930241
Lidiane Pereira de Albuquerque, Leydianne Leite de Siqueira Patriota, Vitor Gonzatto, Emmanuel Viana Pontual, Patrícia Maria Guedes Paiva & Thiago Henrique Napoleão·Advances in Research·2020
Coronaviruses (CoVs) are a broad group of spherical and enveloped viruses that cause diseases in humans and animals. CoVs have become a major threat to public health in the past two decades, exemplified by epidemics of acute respiratory syndromes and, most recently, the coronavir...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930240
Investigation of the effect of processing factors on a rice de-stoner is necessary to address the major challenge of stone pebbles be introduced during harvesting and post-harvest handling of rice production. In this study, three process variables (moisture content, feed regulato...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930239
Prediction of crop yield can help traders, agri-business and government agencies to plan their activities accordingly. It can help government agencies to manage situations like over or under production. Traditionally statistical and crop simulation methods are used for this purpo...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930238
Beatrice Abanum Nduka, Olorunfemi Sunday Ojo Akanbi, Idrisu Mohammed, Seun Adewale Adeosun, Osasogie Ugioro, Kehinde Olusola Oyeledun & Adeyemi Favour Okunade·Advances in Research·2020
A two-year experiment was conducted to study the response of manuring on growth and canopy development on three-year-old Cashew trees. The experiment was laid in a randomized complete block design, with three replications. Soil characteristics including the chemical and physical...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930236
Aim: The study aimed at analyzing both the production and marketing aspects of Moringa oleifera. The main objective of this study was to analyze price and cost along the existing marketing channels of Moringa, and identify the most efficient channel. The study also sheds light on...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930237
We propose a new modified ratio estimator of population mean of the main variable using the linear combination of known values of Co-efficient of Kurtosis and Tri-Mean of the auxiliary variable. Mean Square Error (MSE) and bias of the proposed estimator is calculated and compared...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930235
Animal welfare assumes much significance in the era of dairy commercialization both for health of the animals as well as to improve the farm productivity. Although animal welfare scores, scales and modules have been developed and implemented at developed countries, the outreach o...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930232
E. O. Bamisaye, M. A. Okungbowa, D. T. Alade, O. Brown- West & G. T. Oluwasuji·Advances in Research·2020
Aim: This study evaluated D-dimer level in pregnant and non-pregnant women in Southwestern Nigeria in order to provide more information on the concentration and liable risks in this region. Study Design: This is a cross sectional study where convenience sampling method was applie...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930233
Ethel E. Adimora, Eze E. Ajaegbu, Juliet O. Nwigwe, Adaora L. Onuora & Ola N. Onuoha·Advances in Research·2020
The purpose of this research was to investigate the influence of socio-demographic data on nutritional knowledge, attitude and practices among people living with HIV (PLWHIV) in Enugu State of Nigeria. A standardized questionnaire was designed to collect information on the socio-...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930234
A field experiment was carried out at Kapgari village of Jhargram district of West Bengal, to study the effects of NPK, humic acid and zinc sulphate on the growth and yield of African marigold (Tagetes erecta L.), during the year 2018 and 2019. The experiment included three treat...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930231
Godspower Onyekachukwu Ekwueme, Charles Okechukwu Aronu & Nkechi Udochukwu Otty·Advances in Research·2020
Aim: This study examined the physicochemical and bacteriological parameters of Odor River in Orumba North, Anambra State. The parameters considered were pH, turbidity, temperature, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Alkalinity, total hardness, Sulphate ( ), Chloride, Calcium ( ) hardness, Ma...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930230
T. R. Sridevi Krishnaveni, R. Arunachalam, M. Chandrakumar, G. Parthasarathi & R. Nisha·Advances in Research·2020
The state tree of Tamil Nadu, Borassus flabellifer L. is a nature’s gift to the mankind. It is plant that serves various ecological, medicinal, economical and sociological benefits to the society. It a plant of heaven that could sustain adverse climatic conditions and withstand n...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930229
A novel compartmental model is proposed to project the COVID-19 dynamics in Bangladesh. The exposed population is divided into two classes: tested and not tested. Model parameters are estimated by fitting the output with empirical COVID-19 data of Bangladesh from 7 April 2020 to...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930228
Water stress is one of the major and challenging abiotic stress that affects the plant mostly at all stages like tillering, booting, anthesis, grain formation and grain filling. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of water stress on relative water content, l...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930227