Many scientific studies in the biochemical, genetic fields suggest that there were common mechanisms, such as genes, α-synuclein protein, tau protein, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and iron might be shared in Alzheimer disease (AD) and Parkinson disease (PD). α-syn...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/22584
Igwilo Kevin Chinwuba, Onwugbuchulem Chibunma Vivian & Ohia Nnaemeka Princewill·Advances in Research·2015
Flow assurance is the efficient and successful flow of fluids in pipes. Some of the flow assurance challenges that can be encountered include hydrate formation, sand production, wax precipitation, scale deposits and emulsion problems. In onshore production facilities in the Niger...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20299
Lagos state is one of the largest cities in the world with an estimated population of 18,000,000 on a land mass of 3,577 sqkm. Urban mobility, Road traffic and congestion have been major challenges in the State for many years; The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme was introduced to...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20585
J. C. Nwite, B. A. Essien, C. I. Keke, C. A. Igwe & T. Wakatsuki·Advances in Research·2015
The development of agriculture in inland valleys of Southeastern Nigeria could not be realized merely due to inability of the farmers to develop these potential and abundant inland valleys for such water loving crops like rice using appropriate water management systems. In an att...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20792
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). Despite its application to...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/21597
The focus of this study was on the influence of Self Concept and Anxiety on the Academic Excellence of Undergraduate Students. 190 students were randomly selected in the process of simple random sampling for the study. The scales used for the measurement of Self Concept and Anxie...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/15052
Saqib Ur Rehman, Kashif Saleem, Abdul Jamil Khan & Absar Ahmed·Advances in Research·2015
El-Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of the factors that widely studied with respect to the variability in rainfall and streamflow. However, there are other factors which also influence the climate variability and patterns of the circulation. This study aims to investigate...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20258
Advances in quantum physics in the first quarter of the twentieth century dramatically influenced perspectives in science and philosophy. This paper discusses why a shift towards post-positivism in the philosophy of science is necessary, taking a novel perspective using the basic...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/19816
At two isotherm temperatures, 323°C and 408°C, and two thermal scans the kinetics of thermolysis of powder-free laboratory safety gloves (LG) was studied by thermogravimetric analysis. Three methods was used to determine the fraction of reactants and hence the related kinetics pa...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20740
Text classification is a popular problem that has been studied extensively in the last four decades. Since many classification schemes can be used, the question of how to choose the best one among many for a designated task remains. In this work, we design a method for classifica...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/18789
Centuries ago in the Roman Empire the satirist, Juvenal raised the question: Quis custodiet ipsos custodies? This means literally: “Who watches the watchmen?” or “Who guards the guards?” In addition, it points to promoting the upholding of moral good acts among both the citizens...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/19511
Fertility views and hair color preferences of women in college men (n=69) were investigated in the current study. Two articles were used to prime participants to think about fertility levels as low and getting pregnant as challenging, or fertility levels as high and getting pregn...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/21683
At two consecutive temperatures, 345°C and 405°C as well the two thermal scans in between these two temperatures the kinetics of thermolysis of powder-free laboratory safety gloves (LG) was studied by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Three methods were used to evaluate the kinet...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20095
A field trial was undertaken to evaluate the insecticidal potency of Levo (a. i. Oxymatrine) botanical insecticide for the management of insect pests of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L Moench). Podagrica uniformis Jacoby, P. sjostedti Jacoby, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), and Aphis...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/19188
Aim: This study measures the weight gain of three esthetic restorative materials after immersion in water, Coke and Fanta for 120 hours. Materials and Methods: Three restorative materials (Visible Light Cure Composite; Prime Dental INC USA, GC Fuji IXGP; GC Corporation Japan, Ama...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/20183