Background: In recent times there has been a pronounced interest in plants and their derived phytochemicals as food source for many population in the world. Amaranthus palmeri and Brassica olearaceae Acephale are some such commonly consumed vegetable by many households in Kenya....
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/28656
This study was carried out in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state, Nigeria. This was necessitated by the need to estimate economics of broiler production, since broiler production is widely gaining prominence in recent time in the state. 200 rural women broiler farme...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/27428
The aim of the study was to evaluate popular ALVs in two counties; i.e. Kiambu and Kirinyaga counties in Kenya. Focus group discussion (FGD) and a field survey were employed. The study was carried out in the two counties in Central Kenya between January and February; 2015. Purp...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/28734
This study examines the contribution of the Nigerian banks to the promotion of non-oil exports. This study adopted econometric time series analysis to examine the contribution of Nigerian banks credit in relation to non-oil exports performance, assess the presence of causal relat...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2016/28754
Background: Many strategies have been employed to improve compliances to antihypertensive medications but these efforts are not translated into good compliances with several patients leading to high cases of morbidity and mortality. The study probes into the medication compliance...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/28484
This study analyzed timber market structure and efficiency in Benue State. Applying a multistage sampling approach at 30% sampling intensity, seven out of 23 Local Government Areas in the State were sampled for the study. A total of 256 respondents (164 timber traders, 79 chainsa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/26573
Purpose: The study deals with changes in pressure pain thresholds (PPT) after exhaustive exercises. Two different protocols were applied to trained men of different age groups and the magnitude of exercise induced hypoalgesia (EIH) compared in inactive and loaded muscles. Metho...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28731
This study develops a theoretical model of institutional economics and corruption in order to determine the optimum institutional level that would allow the government to achieve economic equilibrium in the country, under an oligopolistic scheme of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/28689
Both theoretical and empirical literatures have present mixed evidence on the impact of trade openness on growth. Recent studies indicate that the mixed results are conditioned, amongst others, on the quality of domestic institutions. This paper examines the evidence for a sample...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/28877
With the rapid development of economy, the business activities between China and America become more and more frequent. And China has become one of the major trading partners of the America. However, the huge cultural differences between the two countries may give rise to potenti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27497
Fifty fungi species were isolated from paper mill effluent i.e. Penicillium sp, Trichoderma sp, Rhizopus sp, Mucor sp, Aspergillus sp, and Phanerochaete sp. After screening of fungi, Phanerochaete sp, a white rot fungus was selected for delignification. The effect of different pa...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27876
Cytological and physiological effects resulted from aqueous extracts of Aster squamatus, Euphorbia terracina, Euphorbia peplus, Syzygium aromaticum, Acacia pycnantha, Aloe vera, Euryops arabicus and Tamarix aphylla to the growth of Chinese faba bean (Vicia faba L.) seedlings were...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27964
Viruses are the second most important production constraint after the sweet potato weevil. Orange fleshed OFSPs) are characterized by medium to low resistance to sweet potato virus disease (SPVD). Therefore this studies were aimed at evaluating OFSPs for resistance to SPVD and th...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27582
Many activated regions of gene can be used to identify the particular organism, this is easier by using the technique of 16S ribotyping of rRNA gene. These regions are present on rRNA gene and are conserved, that is the reason to use them for identification purpose. This study wa...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/26719
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are low molecular weight biologically active molecules having exciting properties. A wide variety of AMPs have been isolated from various sources like plants, animals, mammals, insects and microorganisms. The most familiar structure is represented by...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27539