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Volume 57, Issue 305, May 2021

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The Chure region has distinct geographical and biophysical characteristics and lies within the foothills of the Himalayan range. It the youngest mountain chain within the world and suffers from mass erosion, landslides, and alternative environmental issues, that create the region susceptible to degradation of the watershed, lowering of the underground water, and disturbing the ecological niche in and around the region makes more sensitive and fragile. The main purpose of this study is, therefore, to analyses land-use and land-cover change and trace out the relationship between population growth and the local resources in the Chure region during the period 1978-2018 by using maps and images, field observations, and community interactions. Forest is the dominant land-use category. However, over the last three decades, there has been a tremendous change in land use and land cover in the study area. The conversion of dense forest into bushes-shrubs and cultivation has resulted in degraded land in the region. Illegal timber collection, open and uncontrolled grazing, extraction of riverbed deposits, rural road construction, forest fire are major causes of land-use/land-cover change in the study area. Population growth and infrastructure development are also a cause of decreasing forest area in the study area.

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SCIENCE

Relative comparism of impact of humanure on selected soil heavy metals at vegetative and reproductive stages of water melon in Owerri Nigeria

Ekpe II, Oti NN, Uju EU, Mgbeahuru CI, Nwankwo VC, Iheka WC, Okoli NA

A study was conducted at the Centre for Agricultural Research and Extension, Federal University of Technology Owerri, to evaluate the impact of humanure on selected soil heavy metals at 45days after planting and at post-harvest in Owerri Nigeria

Discovery, 2021, 57(305), 395-402

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Comparative Study of Energy Consumption Pattern in Three Regions of Degraded Forest Area of Central India

Garima Tiwari

Present study had been conducted in nine villages of central Chhattisgarh. Out of these villages three villages are having forest committees and remaining six villages have less 5% forest cover

Discovery, 2021, 57(305), 403-408

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Utilization of Paper Mill Fly Ash for Sustainable Crop Production: Effect on the growth of Corn (Zea mays L.) and Soil Properties

Pankaj Kumar Jena, Tanuja Panigrahi, Bita Mohanty, Madhusmita Das, Manoj Kumar Dash, Rahas Bihari Panda

The analysis of soil quality before cultivation and after cultivation in control plot and treated plot were presented in the report. The experimental plots also showed the growth rate of production.

Discovery, 2021, 57(305), 409-415

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Bioremediation of toxic Cr- VI from effluent of electroplating industries by immobilized microbes

Pradnya R Ingle, Ramling S Saler

Microbes like CRS StaphylococcusSeLB4 and Bacillus megaterium isolated from the sludge of Electroplating industry Satpur Nashik, Maharashtra are found highly effective for bioreduction of carcinogenic Cr(VI) present in effluent of electroplating Industry

Discovery, 2021, 57(305), 416-421

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Understanding the relationship between population and land use change in Chure (Siwalik) Region of Western Nepal

Kedar Dahal

The Chure region has distinct geographical and biophysical characteristics and lies within the foothills of the Himalayan range. It the youngest mountain chain within the world and suffers from mass erosion, landslides, and alternative environmental issues

Discovery, 2021, 57(305), 422-432

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MEDICINE

Early detection practice of breast cancer and associated factors among Women in Bahir Dar city, North West Ethiopia

Gebiyaw Wudie Tsegaye, Fekade Getachew Hailu, Minychile Genet

Background: world health organization recommends breast self -examination for raising awareness of women about breast cancer. Monthly breast self-examination which is Secondary preventive activity is an efficient way to limit the increasing occurrence of breast cancer

Discovery, 2021, 57(305), 433-443

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SOCIAL SCIENCE

Migration as a factor of urbanisation in Udu local government area of delta state, Nigeria

Jomata Lucky Igben

This study investigated the contribution of migration to urbanization in Udu Local Government Area of Delta state, Nigeria within the migration-urbanisation nexus

Discovery, 2021, 57(305), 444-453

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