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Volume 55, Issue 286, October 2019

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The study examined the effects of cemeteries on the residents of Ondo metropolis. Survey research design was adopted and both primary and secondary data were sourced. A multi-stage sampling technique was adopted, in which the region was delineated with the cemeteries identified, while a buffer zone of 300 meters was created around each of the eleven cemeteries. A set of structured questionnaire was administered to 292(10%) of 2,981 house identified within the buffer zones. Data were analysed using both descriptive and inferential (simple linear regression) statistics at p value =0.05. The study revealed that there were more females (55.4%) than males; Reminder of the dead loved ones (86.0%) ranked the first and Releasing of stench (54.4%) ranked the least being ninth effect of cemeteries respectively, Cemeteries have significant effect on the life of the respondents (F= 6.27). Therefore, effective planning guideline should be established on locating cemetaries (Ref: Jimoh UU, Adeyonu BA. Effects of cemeteries on the residents of Ondo Metropolis, Nigeria. Discovery, 2019, 55(286), 562-571).

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SOCIAL SCIENCE

Tourism cultural festival induced population pressures and socio-economic implications in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State - Nigeria

Brown Egbe Isokon, Tangban Egbe Ebagu

The Calabar tourism festival attracts a lot of persons such as tourists, investors, business men and women among others, thus exerting population pressures on the socio-economic development of the study area

Discovery, 2019, 55(286), 523-530

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ECONOMICS

Economic analysis of community forests in Terai, Nepal

Sampada Neupane, Ram Asheshwar Mandal

Community forest have great potential for contributing to the local economy to meet the subsistence needs and to improve natural resources management systems, leading to the conservation of a given ecosystem and its biodiversity

Discovery, 2019, 55(286), 531-539

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FORMAL SCIENCE

Evaluating forecasting methods for breast cancer reported cases in Nigeria

Sidiq Okwudili Ben, Dawodu Kikelomo Dolapo

This paper present the evaluation of forecasting techniques for reported breast cancer cases in Nigeria. The most appropriate forecasting method based on accuracy and ease of use (simplicity)

Discovery, 2019, 55(286), 540-556

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ARTS & HUMANITIES

An analytical study of Sumui: A north east traditional instrument of Tripura

Joyanta Sarkar, Anil Rai

The Tripuri people of North-East India and Bangladesh are very fond of music as they are intimately interwoven with their sociocultural lives

Discovery, 2019, 55(286), 557-561

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SOCIAL SCIENCE

Effects of cemeteries on the residents of Ondo Metropolis, Nigeria

Jimoh UU, Adeyonu BA

The study examined the effects of cemeteries on the residents of Ondo metropolis. Survey research design was adopted and both primary and secondary data were sourced

Discovery, 2019, 55(286), 562-571

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AGRICULTURE

Resource use efficiency among cooperative cocoyam farmers in Rivers State, Nigeria

Anyanwu SO, Ajie EN, Queeneth Dick

The study examined resource use efficiency among cooperative cocoyam farmers in Rivers State, Nigeria. Two Local Government Areas (Ahoada East and Ikwerre) were purposively selected.

Discovery, 2019, 55(286), 572-577

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