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Volume 57, Issue 302, February, 2021

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Study was objectively conducted to assess status, trend, confiscated and seized trophy of wildlife fauna and its legitimate deed. Division forest offices of Kathmandu, Lalitpure and Bhaktapur were taken for study area. The dimensions of the captured trophies were measured, 25 key informants were interviewed. Similarly, documents like register, cases filed and decision register were reviewed. Result showed that, Panthera tigris, Uncia uncial, Neofelis nebulosa, Canis lupus, Prionailurus bengalensis and Gavialis gangeticus were key illegally traded species. Altogether 327 wildlife trophies were captured in Kathmandu valley. Illegally captured fauna were 12 mammals, 1 bird, 3 reptiles falls under endangered categories of IUCN Red List and 7 species were listed under endangered of IUCN Red list following by CITES I. Total 97 trophies (32%) fall under mega carnivores. Total weight of confiscated scales of Pangolin was 47.74kg in Kathmandu valley. It was 140cm length and 36cm breadth of captured leopard in Kathmandu district

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MEDICINE

Graphic health warnings on cigarette packs: an exploration of its effectiveness in deterring the youth of Bangladesh

Md. Shofiul Alam, Waseq Billah, Md. Zobair Hossain

Background: Throughout the world, graphical health warnings (GHW) are seen as one of the more effective methods of discouraging the use of tobacco products.

Discovery, 2021, 57(302), 103-112

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ENGINEERING

Modeling the transport of fecal coliform, influenced by variation of deposition of micronutrients, velocity and dispersion coefficient in Ntanwaogba creek

Eluozo SN, Arimieari LW

Micronutrients in Ntanwaogba creek were observed to deposit at different station points of discharge, micronutrients are substrate utilization to microbial growth rate, but their transport rates are determined by the deposited velocity in the creek, while dispersion coefficient of the contaminant were to determine the rate of spread at different locations

Discovery, 2021, 57(302), 113-128

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TECHNOLOGY

Influence of change of moment of inertia and mass-loss of pulsar on variation of pulse period in magnetic dipole model

Lin-Sen Li

The theoretical formulas for the influence of the change of moment of inertia and mass-loss on the variation of the pulse period in the magnetic dipole model are given

Discovery, 2021, 57(302), 129-134

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SCIENCE

An approach for risk index assessment due to direct contact to the municipal solid Waste dumps

Himanshu Yadav, Singh VP

Due to rapid urbanization and growth in the population in India, the generation rate of municipal solid waste is increased and it leads to the problem of waste management. Waste is being disposed in open which leads to the various environmental problems

Discovery, 2021, 57(302), 135-144

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An assessment of gully erosion in Dutse Metropolis, Jigawa state Nigeria

Aminu Mansur

This study examines gully erosion in Dutse metropolis which is an area that has many gully erosion sites. A total of three gully erosion sample sites were randomly selected for the study

Discovery, 2021, 57(302), 145-153

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Characteristics of Rice Production Enterprise in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria

Hyacinth Udeanya Nwalieji

The study examined characteristics of rice production enterprise in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used in the selection of 100 respondents for the study

Discovery, 2021, 57(302), 154-163

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Illegal wildlife trade in Nepal: status and legitimate deed

Anjana Bogati, Ram Aseshwar Mandal, Ajay B Mathema

Study was objectively conducted to assess status, trend, confiscated and seized trophy of wildlife fauna and its legitimate deed. Division forest offices of Kathmandu, Lalitpure and Bhaktapur were taken for study area

Discovery, 2021, 57(302), 164-175

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SOCIAL SCIENCE

Corruption: the bane of entrepreneurial development in vocational education in Nigeria

Folaranmi Lateef Gbemiga, Akinkuolie Akeem Akinlolu

There are many unresolved enigmatic situations in Nigeria, but that of horrendous indiscipline, including corruption and other financial malpractices, is worrisome. The damage it has done to the nations’ developing mono-sector economy is monumental.

Discovery, 2021, 57(302), 176-181

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Global Coronavirus Pandemic and the Improvised Online Lectures Perspectives in Select Universities in South-South, Nigeria

Daniel NWANMERENI

In ensuring that the Nigerian educational system, especially tertiary education, was not completely shut-down due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Government of Nigeria on April 10, 2020 directed the authorities of the nation’s universities to commence online lectures

Discovery, 2021, 57(302), 182-191

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