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Simulation of Average Turbulent Pipe Flow: A Three-Equation Model
(Scientific Research, 2014-03)The aim of this study is to evaluate a three-equation turbulence model applied to pipe flow. Uncertainty is approximated by comparing with published direct numerical simulation results for fully-developed average pipe flow. ... -
Skills Required for Nursing Career Advancement: A Qualitative Study
(2016-05)Abstract Background: Nurses require certain skills for progression in their field. Identifying these skills can provide the context for nursing career advancement. Objectives: This study aimed to identify the skills ... -
Small Scale Contractors in Africa’s Emerging Markets: The Case of South Africa
(Scientific Research, 2016-10)In South Africa, the development of Small scale emerging contractors (SSECs) has become vital to bring about economic prosperity and the government has prioritised the advancement of SSECs as the vehicle towards achieving ... -
Social Capital, Perceptions and Economic Performance
(Scientific Research, 2016-04)This paper describes how social capital emerges, relates to economic performance and evolves in the long run. Using the concept of psychological equilibrium, two types of individuals are generated in the population ... -
Social Media and Its Role in Marketing
(OMICS Group, 2016-02)Social media nowadays is among the ‘best possibilities available’ to an item to get in touch with potential customers. Community social networking websites are the method to interact socially. These new media win the ... -
Social Responsibility Practices in the Marketing of Loans by Microfinance Companies in Ghana, the Views of the Customer
(Scientific Research, 2015-10)Microfinance companies provide loans and other facilities like savings, insurance, and transfer services to poor low-income household and microenterprises. It is expected that by the nature of their customers and services, ... -
Social security reforms in Kenya: Towards a workeristor a citizenship-based system?
(University of Fribourg, Department of Social Sciences, Switzerland, 2016-05)With social security provisions in Kenya remainingunder-reported in the more recent literature, this overviewcovers recent reforms in key areas of the country’ s social secu-rity system. In the health sector and in old-age ... -
Software Defined Radio Prototyping with Visual C++ Express and Code Composer Studio
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-04)The primary goal of this project was educational: to demonstrate Software Defined Radio based prototyping using Visual C++ Express and Code Composer Studio. More specifically an IEEE802.11a Phy [1] compliant baseband ... -
Soil Erosion Threatens Food Production
(2013)Since humans worldwide obtain more than 99.7% of their food (calories) from the land and less than 0.3% from the oceans and aquatic ecosystems, preserving cropland and maintaining soil fertility should be of the highest ... -
Soil fertility status and wheat nutrient content in Vertisol cropping systems of central highlands of Ethiopia
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: Land degradation reduces agricultural productivity and poses a serious threat on food security status of households. In Ethiopia, farmers have been using only urea and di-ammonium phosphate for more than 15 ... -
Solvent Effects on the UV Absorption Spectrum of Carmofur
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-01)In this article, we reported that carmofur could be induced by some solvent to produce conformational alteration. Ultraviolet (UV) spectra were used to study the conformation alteration of carmofur. Upon the addition of ... -
Solving the independent set problem by sticker based DNA computers
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-04)In this paper, the sticker based DNA computing was used for solving the independent set problem. At first, solution space was constructed by using appropriate DNA memory complexes. We defined a new operation called “divide” ... -
Somaclonal variations of Soybeans (Glycine Max. L. Merr) stimulated by drought stress based on random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs)
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-01)In soybeans, drought stress causes 50% yield losses. Breeding for drought tolerance in soybeans has been widely developed using various methods, among which is polyethylene glycol (PEG-6000) induction to simulate drought ... -
Some New Results on Prime Graphs
(Scientific Research, 2012-07)We investigate prime labeling for some graphs resulted by identifying any two vertices of some graphs. We also introduce the concept of strongly prime graph and prove that the graphs Cn, Pn, and K1,n are strongly prime ... -
“Soul Stealer: 1768 Chinese Sorcery Scare” in Social Crisis
(Scientific Research, 2015-01)The “Soul Stealer: Chinese Sorcery Scare 1768” written by Alden Kuhn is a successful example to research more profound problem areas by use of legal history. In the aura of prosperity and good governance by the determination ... -
Sovereign Marketing: A New Strategy of Marketing
(Scientific Research, 2017-08)The importance of “sovereign” consumerism is well established in business and marketing theory. It is a familiar business saying that the consumer is the king of the market or market king, which is truer in theory rather ... -
Specific Heat of Solution of HCl-NaOH Reaction by a Simple Handmade Calorimeter
(2017-12)A research study was performed by couple of students under the research project of bachelor in chemistry. The main goal to perform this project was to determine the changes in temperature of solution when an acid and a ... -
A Specific Periodic Table for Chemistry of Organic, Semi-Organic and Inorganic Elements: Compatibility with the Even-Odd Rule,the Number of Electrons and the Isoelectronicity Rule
(Scientific Research, 2018-05)Following the introduction of the new even-odd and isoelectronic rules and definitions affecting the understanding of electronic structure and bonds, the author has thought necessary to summarize understandings in the ... -
Speed of Adjustment of Capital Structure in Emerging Markets
(Scientific Research, 2016-06)Speed of Adjustment (SOA) is a concept well studied in the area of capital structure. The concept is premised upon the fact that firms have a target capital structure for the next year and strive to achieve this target; ...