This study clarifies the morphology, genesis, physico-chemical properties and classification of soils developed from volcanic parent materials of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. Six typical pedons (MWK 01, IFIG 02, MKY 03, MWZ 04, KYE 01 and NDE 01), were identified, described and 33 soi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24855
Medical errors overwhelm the healthcare environment worldwide. Aim: Identify correlates of the healthcare workers’ attitude toward medical errors prevention within the health facility environment. Methods: Healthcare providers from selected private health organizations in greater...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/24848
The present analysis deals with the study of stagnation point flow of a Williamson fluid over a nonlinearly stretching sheet with thermal radiation. The partial differential equations governing this phenomenon were transformed into coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equation...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/25144
Background: Gianotti-Crosti syndrome (GCS) is a self-remitting eruption related to viral infections. Ribavirin has been reported to be effective in treating severe GCS. Before clinical trials on antiviral agents, the magnitude of GCS affecting the quality of life in children shou...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25125
Aims: To investigate the prevalence of p53 codon 72 polymorphism in Zimbabwean women and risk of cervical cancer Study Design: Case-control study Place and Duration of Study: Parirenyatwa Referral Hospital in Harare in between January and December 2014. Methodology: Genomic DNA f...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/24676
Climate change has been fingered as the main factor responsible for the continuous decline in sustainable agricultural production and environmental degradation particularly in the developing countries. Against this background, a study was conducted in Uyo Agricultural Zone of Akw...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/19996
Background: The use of modern methods of contraception (MMC) still remains a challenge in much of Sub-Saharan Africa including Cameroon. Performance-based Financing (PBF) home visitation was introduced in the Kumbo East Health District (KEHD), Cameroon, to increase the use of mod...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25077
This paper aims to model the volatility of the Irish stock market (ISEQ) index price; data used in this article include the daily closing prices of ISEQ overall index, from January 1st, 2008 to March 28th, 2014. The data are observed to be naturally divided into three time frames...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24632
Introduction: Water is very essential for human survival. In fact, water defines some countries; it is so important that nations which do not have high quality and enough quantity have gone to war over it. However, as important as water is, not all water is drinkable. Objective:...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/24772
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate serum cystatin C vs. Serum creatinine and BUN as a potential better marker for early diagnosis of diabetic kidney disease. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry, LTM Medical College, Sion, M...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/24760
Retraction Notice: This paper has been retracted from the journal after receipt of written complains. This journal is determined to promote integrity in research publication. This retraction is in spirit of the same. After formal procedures editor(s) and publisher have retracted...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/24628
Aims and Place: The Doce River is one of the largest rivers of southeastern Brazil, and has been target of strong environmental impact in recent decades due to mining and farming activities. Influenced by lithological factors and human disturbance, the Doce River has brought chan...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/25454
The flux of carbon within the coralline ecosystem has been a subject of great interest in the recent decades. So far several studies had been conducted to understand actual process of carbon transfer within this system and it is an elusive factor on science because of the complex...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/23572
Several recent reports have presented evidence indicating a change in arvicolid rodent dynamics from high-amplitude density cycles to acyclic fluctuations at relatively low level. The data come mostly from Northern Europe (>60° N) and indicate that the change is caused by clim...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/25313
The experiment was conducted on sunflower (variety BARI Surjomukhi-2) crop during the month of mid-November, 2014 to mid-March, 2015, in a lysimeter (dimension:1 m X 1 m X 1 m size) to measure crop evapotranspiration (ETc) and determine crop coefficient (kc) values at Irrigation...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/24246