Patrícia Maria Guedes Paiva, Igor Felipe Andrade Costa de Souza, Maria Cláudia Valério Vicalvi Costa, Andréa de Fátima Silva Santos & Luana Cassandra Breitenbach Barroso Coel·Advances in Research·2016
In this review, we approached various aspects of Opuntia sp., a forage cactus. This plant stand out for its energy potential and have peculiar morphological and physiological features that allow tolerance for long periods of drought. In addition, Opuntia species has a cosmopolit...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/26125
Background: Oxidative stress and infectious disease have always been considered as a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in humans. Free radicals damage other molecules by extracting electrons from them in order to attain stability. The side effects associated with commonly...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/25655
Aim: The present study aims to investigate the perceptions of basic life support (BLS), motivations for learning BLS and self-evaluations of the ability to practice BLS skills in radiological technologists clinically working in Mie prefecture, Japan. Methods: A cross-sectional qu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25544
Tobias Peter Pwajok Choji, Anthony Ajuluchukwu Ngokere, Samuel Ifedioranma Ogenyi, Peterside Rinle Kumbish, Lovelyn Peter Unubi, Mada Umoru Alesa, Ponfa Nden Zhakom, Emmanuel Ishaku Vomangai, Gwom Irmiya Davou & Charity Ezikiel Marcus·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2016
Aims: To process tissues using the rapid microwave techniques and check their reactivity with the phosphotungstic acid haematoxylin. To establish a very fast and cheap method of tissue processing and evaluate its effects on tissue morphology and dye uptake. To eliminate xylene fr...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/19219
Aims: This study was carried out to investigate the antifungal activity of the aqueous leaf extract of Annona muricata (A. muricata), and to analyze its effects on growth and morphology of Trichonphyton rubrum (T. rubrum) and Epidermophyton flocossum (E. flocossum) strains respec...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/26247
Biological quality of processed mango (Mangifera indica) kernel (PMK) in a 50% substituted commercial feed was evaluated as soluble protein equivalent (spe) in a feeding experiment with albino rats. The methodology employed was novel and involved determination of protein retentio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25460
We consider the transient state single server machine interference problem with additional server for long queues under N-policy vacations. There are M operating machines with two repairmen. The first repairman is always available for serving the failed machines but go on a singl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24515
A composting experiment was conducted at the Institute of Agricultural Research And Training (I.A.R&T), Moor plantation, Ibadan to evaluate the effects of duration of composting (DC) of cow dung with four plant materials on the chemical properties and nutrient composition of...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/24975
The presence of ochratoxin A (OTA) in cocoa beans is a major health concern, due to its deleterious effects on humans and animals. During the traditional processing and storage of cocoa, fungi contamination occurs. Many of these fungi, produce mycotoxins that can cause acute or c...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/25072
Background: Onychomycosis is a common fungal infection of the nails that apart from causing disfigurement of the nails acts as a source of other fungal infections. Prompt diagnosis along with appropriate antifungal therapy can help prevent such complications. Aims: To find out t...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/25970
Aims: To estimate the general and specific combining ability (GCA and SCA) of some cocoa clones for some vegetative and pod trait and to quantify the extent of variability among the studied cocoa genotypes. Place and Duration of Sample: The experiment was performed at Local Clone...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24806
Two species species of Echium and two of Anchusa growing naturally in the sand dunes were analysed for total protein and amino acid compositions in their aerial parts. Total protein contents were detected between 7.55% (Echium italicum) and 12.97% (Anchusa officinalis). Valuable...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/26352
Field trial was conducted at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching and Research Fadama farm Sokoto during the 2015 dry season at Sokoto to determine the influence of irrigation interval and variety on the growth and yield of sweet potato in Sokoto Sudan savannah, Nigeria. Trea...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25964
Probiotics, in point of fact, well-thought-out as the health effective microbial food supplements by fashioning mutuality environment to consumers intestinal gut in an advantageous manner. Goat milk is a broaden source of probiotics in consort with other nutrients. That’s why the...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/26397
Background: Snakebite is a neglected public health issue in India. The big four venomous snakes are Cobra, Krait, Russell’s viper and Saw scaled Viper. Estimates of annual snakebite mortality in India are upto 50,000 deaths as exact figure of death due to snakebites is not known...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25793