This work is devoted to study the effect of applying a hybrid encoding/decoding algorithm to textual data. The sole purpose is to analyze the effect on the size as well as the complexity of the output encoded data. The proposed combination is that of Huffman and Run-Length algori...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25712
Aims: To analyze the organization and challenges of contract farming in Tanzania. Study Design: Cross sectional. Place and Duration of the Study: Turiani division in Mvomero District. Data collection began in February 2013 and ended in March of the same year. Methodology: The pap...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/26281
The purpose of this study was to determine the attitude of the farming community towards adapting an innovative technology. A sample of 300 extension agents and farmers from the Al-Qassim region of Saudi Arabia completed a self-assessment of two instruments: the educational/exper...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/24543
Aims: To evaluate the effect of carrier-based inoculants on the soil physicochemical characteristics, nodulation and growth of soybean. Study Design: Examination of different carrier. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Applied microbiology and Brewing, Nnamdi Azikiwe Univ...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/25143
Background: The demand for meat and meat products has been on the increase because of its nutritive value. Meat and meat products have been implicated in cases of foodborne diseases in both developed and developing countries. In Nigeria, there exist a dearth of information on the...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/25663
Background: Blood can neither be manufactured nor can be procured from other creatures and can only be taken from healthy human beings between the ages 18-65 years for providing safe blood/component to the needy human beings. So, equal participation from males and females should...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2016/26292
Biopharmaceuticals are large complex therapeutic drug molecules composed of amino acids, nucleotides and proteins obtained by extraction from non-conventional sources. The biopharmaceutical products include cytokines, interleukins, enzymes, hormones, monoclonal antibodies and clo...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/25742
Several researchers have developed models to predict corrosion rate in buried structures with good results using methods such as artificial neural networks, Monte Carlo to mention a few. This paper presents a novel approach to predicting corrosion rate in buried structures using...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/25564
Social work is a dynamic profession, which endeavors to adapt and interact with the surrounding societal circumstances and contemporary challenges. This article will focus on some contemporary trends in social work education and practices in Egypt, such as: authentication, commun...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/25882
This study compared Harm-Reduction Therapy (HRT) only with HRT and Motivational Interviewing (MI) as brief therapeutic techniques in controlling Alcohol-Related Problems (ARPs). It was hypothesized that there will be significant reduction in the occurrence of ARPs at each interva...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/26086
Thiago Andrade Macedo, Roberto Nery Dantas Júnior, Ismar Aguiar Marques Filho, Pedro Gabriel Melo de Barros e Silva, Liliane Gomes da Rocha, Bernardo Baptista da Cunha Lopes & Marcio Campos Sampaio·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Carcinoid tumors are rare malignancies able to spread and produce bioactive humoral products, mainly serotonin, which is responsible for the Carcinoid Syndrome (CS); its features are: flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm and valvular heart disease. The Carcinoid Heart Disease (CHD) i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25952
Introduction: Fracture of an acrylic resin complete denture base after aging, poses problem for patients, dentists and dental laboratory technicians. This study was performed to determine the effect of thermocycling on the flexural strength of a commercially available, heat-polym...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20517
Aims: Detect the incidence of urinary tract infection caused by candida species and to determine their antifungal susceptibility, biofilm formation and its minimal biofilm inhibitory concentration. In addition, detect the importance of multiplex nested polymerase chain reaction (...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25940
Aims: Malaria poses a medical and public health challenge in Nigeria. The burden of the disease has been a major source of concern to tourists in Uyo. Knowledge on the biting behaviour and the Human Biting Rates (HBR) are needed to assess the epidemiology of the disease and in es...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24301
Razack Osseni, Stephen Akoha, Marius Adjagba, Simon Azonbakin, Latifou Lagnika, Bonaventure Awede, André Bigot, Amadou Diouf, Raphaël Darboux & Anatole Lalèyè·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2016
Aim: To screen the acute and 28-days subchronic toxicity of the leaves aqueous extract of Carissa edulis (C. edulis). Design: Experimental and observational study. Place and Duration: Faculty of health sciences of Cotonou / Institute of Applied Biomedical Sciences of Cotonou, lab...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/26083