There are many challenges to be faced in order to achieve the optimum use of available resources against the increasing food and other demands of the world population with the shrinking resources. Optimization can be considered as the ensemble of steps which must be taken to find...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/27504
Background: Amniotic band sequence (ABS) is a rare condition in which parts of a fetus get entangled by the amniotic bands attached to the fetal surfaces and structures. This can lead to grotesque structural fetal anomalies or constriction rings that appear in-utero. The severity...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/27122
The study analyzed the digital financial services in Rwanda basing on mobile money operators, the case study of COPEDU Ltd (2011-2015). The objectives of the study were to examine the technical and non-technical requirements for linking a mobile money account to MFI's normal acco...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27528
A recent line of work to improve the secrecy capacity within wiretap gaussian channel has introduced a new lattice invariant called secrecy gain. Belfiore and Sol´e made a conjecture about the point at which the the secrecy gain is maximum. Verified by most unimodular lattices, t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/28543
Adoption of snail production technologies by farmers in Onicha L.G.A of Ebonyi State, Nigeria, was studied. Percentage response and frequency distribution were used to address objective I, part of 2 and 3, while part of objective 2 was addressed using logit model analysis. Multi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/17878
Despite the fact that virtually all households in Kenya grow maize, over 60% of them are net maize buyers because they do not produce enough for their consumption. This is due to both biotic and abiotic factors such as poor planting materials, diseases and unreliable weather amon...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/27694
This study investigates the relationship between shyness and gender, region, major, level of study of Sultan Qaboos and Sharjah University students. A sample of two hundred thirty six male and female students from different colleges in both Universities completed the revised twen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/27590
The Greater Sudbury Region (GSR) is one of the most ecologically disturbed regions of Canada. Recent studies have shown that Betula papyrifera accumulate metals in roots or leaves. The main objectives of the present study were to 1) determine the effects of copper treatment on ...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/28425
Clerodendrum splendens G. Don (Family Verbenaceae) has been used for centuries to treat various medicinal problems in Africa, including the treatment of wounds and other skin conditions. Though several studies have been conducted on the biological activities of this plant, none s...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/27067
Heart rate variation (HR) being identified as depending on subjects’ stress state when submitted to short term mental stress, this study aimed at analyzing whether or not it could be possible to find a mathematical relationship between the average heart rate variation and the int...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27593
The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment of leachate from landfill through to Fenton advanced oxidation process with subsequent adsorption on the eggshell (ES) and activated carbon (AC). The project was carried out in laboratories of the Area of Chemistry and Physical...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/28051
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate in vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of organic extracts from Salvia officinalis L. (Lamiaceae) collected in the province of Ouezzane. Study Design: Evaluation of in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of extract...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/28307
Downstream many hydraulic structures such as dams, barrage sluice gate etc, changing water flow from supercritical to subcritical flow causes formation of hydraulic jump. The formed hydraulic jump dissipates excess energy of flowing water. This paper carried out experimental runs...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/28221
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of use of IPM practices by the farmers and to examine relationships between farmer’s selected characteristics and their use of IPM practices. Those characteristics were age, education, farm size, annual family income, training...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/26249
The study looked at the contributions of social media to the outcome of 2015 presidential election in Nigeria with a particular interest in uncovering social media influence on voting pattern of electorates; the reliability of information disseminated through the social media; an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/27403