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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPotential Impacts of Sustainable Dairy Farming in Char Areas of Northern BangladeshJasim Uddin Ahmed, Shankar Kumar Raha, Md. Habibur RahmanThis study was conducted to evaluate the potential impacts of sustainable dairy farming in Char areas of Northern Bangladesh. A total of 600 poorest dairy farming households were selected out of 1323 households, taking 200 households from each Upazila of Sariakandi, Islampur and Belkuchi of Bogra, Jamalpur and Sirajganj districts, respectively using simple random sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 3 · 2 Nov 2017 · 8,542 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Self-Concept Participatory Learning Model for the Improvement of Literacy Skills of the Learners in Community Learning CentresMumun Munawaroh, Dasim Budimansyah, Enceng Mulyana, Ace SuryadiIlliteracy eradication manifests as an important and a common aspect in many countries' development agendas as well as in the United Nation's development initiatives. Indonesia is one of such countries. Based on the data of 2004, Indonesia has at least 28 regencies that still have high illiteracy rates. This condition hinders national growth and development of a country. With a … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 21 Jan 2017 · 7,425 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOutcomes and Risk Factors Associated with Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Rural Eastern Cape, South AfricaCarine Bokop Fotso, Sandeep D. Vasaikar, Teke ApalataWith the emergence of Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) and Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Tuberculosis (TB) has become an even greater threat in South Africa (SA). The study sought to investigate the resistance pattern of anti-TB drugs in M. tuberculosis as well as to determine the associated risk factors and outcomes for MDR-TB and XDR-TB. A descriptive study was conducted … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 14, Issue 2 · 15 Aug 2018 · 9,536 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIncidence of Cystic Echinococcosis in Libya: I. Seroprevalence of Hydatid Disease in Sheep and Goats Naturally Exposed to the Infection in the North Midland RegionMohamed M. Ibrahem, Badereddin B. Annajar, Wafa M. IbrahemHydatid disease is one of the most and serious public health and veterinary problems in Libya and other North African countries. Thirteen rural villages of two main districts bordered to each other at the north midland of the country namely, Misrata which is almost agricultural area and about 200 km east of Tripoli and Sirt which is almost pasture area … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 28 Oct 2016 · 7,418 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImproving the Approaches to Planning the Electricity Consumption in Budget InstitutionsNailya Malikovna Yakupova, Rezeda Muhtarovna Kundakchyan, Roza Nuriahmetovna Andreeva, Aleksey Vladimirovich AndreevThe technique of predicting the budget organizations' electrical power demands, which is currently used in Tatarstan Republic, based on the averaged norms for all educational establishments, does not reflect the impact of certain external and internal factors of environment influencing the volume of energy consumption, which results in the inefficient expenditure of the budget. This problem is especially topical for … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 12 · 26 Nov 2015 · 6,378 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractASSESSMENT OF SURFACE WATER QUALITY IN AN ARSENIC CONTAMINATED VILLAGEKumud C. Saikia, Susmita GuptaArsenic contamination of ground water has occurred in various parts of the world, becoming a menace in the Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra basin (West Bengal and Assam in India and Bangladesh). Recently arsenic has been detected in Cachar and Karimganj districts of barak valley, Assam, bordering Bangladesh. In this area coli form contamination comprises the major constraint towards utilization of its otherwise ample … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 5 · 31 Aug 2012 · 7,517 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractToward a Hierarchical Bayesian Framework for Modelling the Effect of Regional Diversity on Household ExpenditurePudji Ismartini, Nur Iriawan, Setiawan, Brodjol Sutijo Supri UlamaProblem statement: Household expenditure analysis was highly demanding for government in order to formulate its policy. Since household data was viewed as hierarchical structure with household nested in its regional residence which varies inter region, the contextual welfare analysis was needed. This study proposed to develop a hierarchical model for estimating household expenditure in an attempt to measure the effect … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 25 Jun 2012 · 7,304 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractVenire Reform-Assessing the State and Federal Efforts to Attain Fair, Cross-Sectional Representation in Jury PoolsThomas White, Ellen BaikProblem statement: The sixth amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees criminal defendants the right to be tried by an impartial jury of peers and the question of what constitutes an "impartial" jury has spawned constitutional controversies in the last several decades as the population of the United States became more ethnically and racially diverse. The Supreme Court has consistently … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 7,901 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractArsenic and Antimony Content in Soil and Plants from Baia Mare Area, RomaniaGabriela Oprea, Angela Michnea, Cristina Mihali et al.Problem statement: The objective of this research was to evaluate the degree of soil contamination with arsenic and antimony in Baia Mare, a nonferrous mining and metallurgical center located in the North West region of Romania. The soil in the area is affected by the emissions of powders containing metals from metallurgical factories. Previous studies indicated the soil contamination with … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 28 Feb 2010 · 7,773 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOn Studying Spatial Patterns and Association Between these Patterns of Mortality and Prosperity in MalaysiaFaisal G. Khamis, Abdul Aziz Jemain, Kamarulzaman IbrahimIn this study, we examined the geographical distribution (the spatial structure) of mortality and prosperity in Malaysia. In addition we proposed an approach to investigate the association between clustering patterns of mortality and prosperity across different areas of the country. To characterize the geographic pattern of mortality and prosperity, three indicators (infant, neonatal, and stillbirth) were proposed for mortality and … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2008 · 6,935 accessesView PDFCite