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Nov 17, 2015Open Access
This review provides a general overview of petroleum characteristics and
bioremediation strategies applications in oceanic environments contaminated
with petroleum hydrocarbons during exploration and transportation processes
offshore. The vast oil reserves in the offshore fields have been explored for
the production of light and heavy oil. The hydrocarbons exhibit very different
physicochemical characteristics including those of hydrophobicity, molecular
weight, melting and boiling points, toxic...
Nov 16, 2015Open Access
The objective of this study was to introduce an educational tool in primary school that could facilitate the development of thinking skills in learners. Klopfer’s taxonomy of educational objectives was used to introduce the fundamental notion of the hypothetico-deductive theory aimed at immersing the class into task situations of identifying the educational aspects in a lesson. A total of 270 Class 4 (third graders) participated in the study. Result revealed that at the pretest, the mean perform...
Nov 16, 2015Open Access
This research was conducted to determine rural farmers’ access to
agricultural information in ido local government area of Oyo state. A
multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 120 respondents for the
study. Primary data were collected using an interview schedule and were analyzed
using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results revealed that majority
(70.0%) of the respondents were male, married (62.5%) and aspect of agriculture
they engaged with was crop farming (83.3%). The most...
Nov 13, 2015Open Access
Developing countries’ surest route to sustained poverty reduction is
economic growth. Policymakers encourage foreign direct investment (FDI) for the
enhancement of productivity in-country and the promotion of economic
development, through the “multiplier” effect. It is generally agreed among
researchers that local conditions (absorptive capacities) are important factors
contributing to the effect of FDI on economic growth. FDI has contributed to
output growth in Nigeria, especially in the petrol...
Nov 13, 2015Open Access
In this article we are going to introduce certain applications of the
theory of neural network to medicine. In particular suppose for a given disease D, belonging to the category of
immune deficiency diseases or cancers, there are numbers of drugs each with
partial remedial effect on D. We are
going to formulate a cocktail consisting of mixture of the above drugs with
optimal remedial effect on D.
Nov 13, 2015Open Access
Background: The prevalence of non-communicable diseases in particular
diabetes is rising worldwide especially in low income countries. Information on
the risk factors at the community level is of paramount importance to enable
strategic preventive programs. This study is undertaken to investigate the prevalence
of Type 2 diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose and associated risk factors
among Maasai communities of Simanjiro District, Tanzania. Methods: This is a
cross- sectional population based ...
Nov 13, 2015Open Access
Equipment failures and associated maintenance have an impact on the
profitability of mines. Implementing maintenance at suitable time intervals can
save money and improve the reliability and maintainability of mining equipment.
This paper discusses aspects of maintainability prediction for mining
machinery. For this purpose, a software tool, called GenRel, is developed. In
GenRel, it is assumed that failures of mining equipment caused by an array of
factors follow the biological evolution proces...
Nov 13, 2015Open Access
During prolonged exercise, fatty acids are mobilized from triglycerides
(TG) and become an important energy source. But excess accumulation of TG in
different tissues causes abnormalities in humans. Role of high fat diet in the
distribution of TG is well established but the role of mixed dietary fat is not
clear. In our study, exercised Swiss Albino mice were subjected to feed high
fat diet and mixed fat diet (Saturated Unsaturated fat enriched diet) for the
period of four weeks to show the ef...
Nov 13, 2015Open Access
This study was undertaken to investigate those factors that were
influencing as factors of absenteeism from school for students with physical
impairment in Hedar 11 Secondary School of North Gondar Zone of Amhara Regional
State of Ethiopia. Five students with physical impairments were selected
through available sampling technique and 8 teachers were selected from 24
teachers of the school through simple random sampling via lottery method.
Questionnaire and interview were the main data collection...
Nov 12, 2015Open Access
Despite widespread and long-standing commitment to the notion of
leadership across the teaching profession, it is unusual for the theory and
practice of leadership to be taught as a subject in education. This study
examined what factors the participants believed influenced their school management
approach and how they defined their current leadership styles. This paper
offers theoretically informed models of leadership which encompasses different
purposes (assessment of self and the school syste...
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