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The growth of micro and small scale industries in the face of “dumsor” in Ghana: Perspective from cold stores and printing presses in asafo – kumasi metropolis

Ghana’s electricity producing trio; VRA, GRIDCO and ECG, in recent times have been plagued by certain operational, financial and logistical difficulties leading to a significant reduction its electricity generation capacity and hence, has had to endure irregular power supply for some time now.

Factors affecting adoption of fertilizers by farmers in Khartoum state, Sudan

This study was conducted to assess factors affecting fertilizers adoption in Khartoum State of Sudan. A random sampling procedure was used to select 60 respondents. Data were collected through structured interview schedule. Descriptive analysis, Inter-correlation and multiple regression analysis techniques were adopted. The results emphasized that the adoption of fertilizers depends on availability of information about fertilizers, capital, social participation and farm size.

Adoption of new technologies of horticulture to farmar’s of jamtara and Dumka Districts of Jharkhand province in India

To increase the livelihood security of the poor tribal farmer of Jamtara and Dumka ditricts the horticulture technologies like, 1) Off season vegetable cultivation, 2) Year round vegetable production from 10 decimal area 3) One acre multi tier cropping were implemented and 4) vertical cultivation of vine vegetables (pointed gourd) successfully introduced through NAIP project launched by BAU, Ranchi and HARP, plandu as one of the consortium partner.

Fuzzy assessment for water quality in inanam likas river basin, Sabah, East of Malaysia

Water Quality Index is an important water assessment that sustain and conserve the aquatic ecosystem. In Malaysia, the current classification practice on Department of Environmental Water Quality Index (DOE WQI) shoes rigid value in term of assessing the input of parameters that close to a class boundary. Hence, this study proposed a technique to assess the parameters in a holistic manner by using the Fuzzy Inference System (FIS).

Bioconversion of vermicomposted weed plants waste using eudrilus eugeniae kinberg for promoting the growth of brinjal (solanum melongena)

Present study deals with the bioconversion of vermicomposted weed plants waste using Eudrilus eugeniae Kinberg for promoting the growth of Brinjal (Solanum melongena) preparation of weed plants waste vermicompost and its physico chemical parameters were analyzed, enumeration of microorganisms bacteria, fungi and actinomyces from vermicompost, preparation of vermiwash and vermicompost extract and its physico chemical parameters were analyzed, growth parameters and biochemical characteristics also studied of Brinjal.

Seasonal employment: A study of agricultural laborers in Punjab, India

This study analyses the employment status of agricultural laborers in Bathinda district of Punjab. It presents the major activities of agricultural laborers in farm and non-farm sector. The lack of employment opportunities in agriculture during off season compelled the agricultural laborers to seek alternative employment sources like construction work, National Rural Employed Guarantee Act (NREGA) etc. In spite of it, the harsh reality is that the condition of Agriculture Labors (especially non-regular) is miserable.  

Assessment of trace and toxic metals in Brahmani river basin

The  present  investigation  is  aimed  at  assessing  the  concentration  of  heavy  metal  ions  along  the stretches of Brahmani  river basin.Nine samples were collected along the stretches of Brahmani basin during the period September-2013 to August-2014. The purpose of this study was to estimate nine heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, Hg, Fe, As, Ni and Cr) in the surface water of the Brahmani river, one of the most important rivers in Odisha, India.

Comparative study between chest mobility exercises with incentive spirometry versus chest mobility exercises with stacked breathing on chest expansion in subjects with unilateral pleural effusion

Background: Pleural effusion is one of the commonly seen respiratory conditions in India with approximately 1 million people being diagnosed each year. Since there was no literature regarding the effectiveness of incentive spirometryand stacked breathing in Unilateral Pleural effusion there was a need to find out as to which approach are the best ones to implement. 
Objective: To compare the efficacy of chest mobility exercises and incentive spirometry with that of chest mobility exercises and stacked breathing on chest expansion in subjects with unilateral pleural effusion.

Risk assessment due to ingestion of natural radionuclides and heavy metals in drinking water

The concentrations of natural radioactivity of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K and some heavy elements (Zn, Mn, Fe, Mn, Cu, Ni, and Pb) were measured in drinking water samples collected from different mosques in Makkah city, Saudi Arabia. A high-resolution HPGe detector was used for the natural radionuclides measurement. The average activity concentrations were 0.32, 0.12 and 10.96 Bql− 1 for 226Ra, 232Th, and 40 K, respectively.

Diagnosis of failures in a spark ignition engine using fuzzy logic

This  document  presents  the  development  of  a system for detecting faults through fuzzy logic, using  different  parameters  such  as  poorly combusted hydrocarbons (HC), Carbon Dioxide (CO2),   engine   speed   (RPM),   and   Manifold Absolute Pressure Sensor (MAP) to predict the faults that  may occur  in  the  engine.  In order to determine the behavior of the inputs, there were generated different faults in a sonata 2.0 gasoline engine, such as poorly calibrated spark plugs, improper fuel pressure, air filter and catalytic converter clogging.