109 articles for “Rural Area”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImpact of Fish Farming on Household Income: A Case Study from Mymensingh DistrictSyed Mohammad Aminur Rahman, Ariful Haque, Syed Md. Ashrafur RahmanProblem statement: Fisheries sector is a rising sector in Bangladesh. Many farmers are shifting their rice fields to ponds for fish farming in the study areas. This transformation of farming raises a question to the researchers whether fish farming has any impact on household income or not. Thus, the researchers took the present study to identify the contribution of fish … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 2 Feb 2011 · 8,175 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAssessment of Special Needs People Towards Environmental Awareness in the Hashemite Kingdom of JordanAyed Hanna Ziadat, Anf Hanna ZiadatProblem statement: This research examines knowledge and attitudes towards environmental awareness among special needs individuals in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The population census of (136) special needs individuals with different types of disabilities; physical impairments, visual impairments and hearing impairments from different locations of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan participated in the survey and completed the questionnaire in 2010. … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 5 · 31 Oct 2010 · 7,337 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEnergy Option for Small Scale Cashew Nut Processing in IndiaAtul Mohod, Sudhir Jain, A.G. PowarProblem statement: Cashew (Anacardium Occidentale L.) is one of the important tropical crops. India processed about 11,80,000 metric tons of raw cashew nut seeds through 3650 cashew processing industries scattered in many states of country. The cashew nut processing industries are typically located in the rural and backward areas. The most significant difficulty in processing cashew nuts is that the … …Energy Research Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 30 Jun 2010 · 16,074 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPatriarchy and Women's Gender Ideology: A Socio-Cultural PerspectiveA. M. SultanaProblem statement: This research was designed to examine women’s gender ideology in educating their children. It attempts to understand women’s gender ideology as articulated by the women themselves based upon their own point of view. The study highlights that patriarchal norms has an influence on women’s attitudes regarding their privilege rights and responsibilities towards educating children. Women’s gender ideology appears … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 11,969 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWaste Disposal and Pollution Management in Urban Areas: A Workable Remedy for the Environment in Developing CountriesJ. A. Awomeso, A. M. Taiwo, A. M. Gbadebo, A. O. ArimoroProblem statement: Both wastes and the crude disposal techniques have created subtle and yet serious environmental pollution havoc in many developing countries. This has lead to the degradation of abiotic and biotic components of these nations’ ecological systems. Poor industrial waste disposal systems as well as the indiscriminate and inappropriate domestic litter disposal habit have been identified and proved to … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 28 Feb 2010 · 9,108 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPotential Contribution of Traffic to Air Pollution in the State of KuwaitN. Al-Mutairi, P. KoushkiProblem statement: The reduction in ambient air pollution is a universal goal-particularly in urban areas, the lack of resources often necessitates identification and prioritization of sources of air pollutants. Efficient planning and effective management of environmental pollutants is thus important for optimum utilization of limited resources. Approach: This study examined seven years of data from three air pollution monitoring stations … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Jun 2009 · 7,281 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Unusual Association between Chromoblastomycosis and Jorge Lobo’s Disease in the Same Patient from the Amazon RegionMaurimelia M. da Costa, Silvia H. Marques da Silva, Hugo J. R. Almeida et al.A clinical case of co-infection Cladophialophora sp. and Lacazia loboi is described and in a same patient with an 18-year history of verrucous plaques and parakeloidal nodular lesions. A 50-yearold man, a laborer, living in the Anajás city, Para, Brazil (rural Amazon region), was seen at the Evandro Chagas Institute’s ambulatory. Histopathological analysis revealed intense hyperplasia and hyperkeratosis of the … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2008 · 7,747 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLeprosy Patients Attending the Out Patient’s Clinic at Agra: A Retrospective Analysis of the Characteristics and Frequency of Regularity VS Irregularity for Determining Absenteeism, Non-adherence and Non-complianceVirendra S. Yadav, Kiran Katoch, Tahziba HussainThis study reports a retrospective analysis of the records of 2709 leprosy patients, attending the Out patient’s Clinic at Agra, over a 1-year period, 2005. The patients with leprosy have been categorized into three groups, viz., regular, irregular and the drop-outs. The number of drop-out patients was significantly higher [Z=2.16, p=0.05] among males, 32.14% (667) when compared with females, 26.50% … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2007 · 6,876 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordQuality of Life of the Rural Community: A Comparison between Three CitiesSulaiman M. Yassin, Hayrol A.M. Shaffril, Bahaman A. Samah et al.Problem statement: Pahang and Muar Rivers are two major rivers in Malaysia. In the past, these two rivers did play an important role in flourishing the economic activities of the local community and upgrading their quality of life. Does the community along these two rivers have a good quality of life? Answers for this question will bring us to the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 10 Aug 2011 · 8,364 accessesView PDF Cite