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Prioritizing the Development of Agricultural Conversion and Complementary Industries in Ahar County

Rasoul Ahmadi, Mehdi Imani, Mohsen Shokat Fadaei & Mohammad Khaledi · Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International · 2016

Aims: Agricultural industrialization is an important breakthrough to the development of county economy and to the promotion of urbanization. The main aim of the current research is to prioritize the development of conversion and complementary industries in agricultural sector as...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAERI/2016/23773

Ameloblastic Carcinoma of Mandible: Secondary Dedifferentiated Type

Santhoshkumar S. Hiremath, K. Y. Giri, Gaurav Sapra, Gajendra Veeraraghavan & Shraddha Singh · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2016

Ameloblastic carcinoma is a rare odontogenic malignancy. Ameloblastic carcinoma is a histopathological presentation, which combines the features of conventional ameloblastoma and cellular atypia. Biological behavior is rather aggressive when compare to conventional ameloblasts an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/24212

Charcot Neuropathic Osteoarthropathy Imitating Osteomyelitis; Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature

Feyzi Gökosmanoğlu, Ramis Çolak, Mehmet Hulusi Atmaca, Ceyhun Varım & Hasan Ergenç · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2016

Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy (CN) is a chronic progressive disease that affects foot and ankle bone commonly. Osteoarticular deformities and functional disability may develop in the affected bone and joints. Various diseases may play role in the etiology. The most common...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/24657

Status of Toxic Metal Pollution of Soil in and around Araromi Metal Scrap Dumpsite, Akure, Ondo State

I. A. Simon-Oke & F. T. Fadoju · Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International · 2016

Most problems of soil pollution are associated with large amount of heavy metals deposited on it through disposed waste. This study was carried out to assess heavy metals (Fe, Zn, Pb, Cu and Cd) in soil samples around metal scrap dumps at Araromi vicinities of Akure South Local G...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JGEESI/2016/23363

Paradigm Evolution and Sustainability Thinking: Using a Sustainability Inversegram to State Paradigm Death and Shift Expectations under Win-Win and No Win-Win Situations

Lucio Muñoz · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

The history of science is one based on revolutions and discourse where a new paradigm arrives challenging the status quo with the promise of progress and if the evidence is there to justify paradigm shift on the basis of that promise the consensus will be to shift paradigms. Appa...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24697

Analysis of Financial Efficiency and Constraints of Smallholder Cotton Farmers in the Northern Region of Ghana

Awal Abdul-Rahaman · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

This study examined the financial efficiency and constraints faced by smallholder cotton farmers in some selected districts in the Northern Region of Ghana. Multistage sampling approach was employed to solicit cross-sectional data from 150 smallholder cotton farmers in three sele...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24728

Risk-benefit Assessment of Foods in Sweden -Developing a Working Procedure

H. Eneroth, L. Abramsson Zetterberg, C. Andersson, W. Becker, P. O. Darnerud, A. Glynn, R. Lindqvist, S. Sand & N. G. Ilbäck · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2016

Background: Assessments of food-related health risks and benefits performed by national or international experts are still to a large extent separate processes. Diets, foods, and even single food ingredients, may potentially be associated with both beneficial and adverse health e...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2016/24207

Estimation of the Modulatory Roles of Thieno [2,3-c] Pyrazole Compounds Versus the Toxicity of 4-Nonylphenol in African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus)

Alaa El-Din H. Sayed & Nasser Sayed Abou Khalil · International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review · 2016

The endocrine disrupting substances represent major challenge to aquaculture and the most widespread one is 4-nonylphenol (4-NP). Pyrazole possess an interesting broad spectrum of pharmacological actions. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the therapeutic potential...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/24384

Lack of Association between Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Polymorphisms and Coronary Artery Disease among Egyptian Population

Afaf M. El Saied, Azza M. El Wakf, Rehab Elmougy, AfafAbd El Hafez & Sahar M. Hussien · International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review · 2016

Controversial results regarding the association of e NOS gene polymorphisms with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) have been reported up to now, there has been conflicting data regarding the association between two clinically relevant polymorphisms (T-786C) in the promoter region and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/23818

An Illustration of Thermodynamic Modeling and Economic Analysis of Inlet Air Chilling System for Gas Turbine Power Augmentation

Hilman Syaeful Alam, John Sasso & Imam Djunaedi · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2016

Inlet air chilling system has been widely used in recent years as a method of the gas turbine (GT) power augmentation in power plants. In this paper, thermodynamic modeling of inlet chilling system had been studied in order to improve the performance of the two units of gas turbi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2016/26252

Genetic Parameters for Fruits, Seeds and Oil Content Traits of Jatropha curcas L. in a Semi-arid Region of Senegal

Ibrahima Diédhiou, Youssouph Séwéhi Sambou, Moustapha Diéré Sagna & Pape Madiallacké Diédhiou · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2016

Aim: The aim of this work was to study the genetic parameters of fruits, seeds and oil content of Jatropha curcas accessions in a semi-arid region of Senegal. Methodology: The study was conducted on 35 accessions of J. curcas planted at the research station of National School of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEA/2016/15139

Heparin Inhibits Proliferation and Migration of Patient-Derived Vascular Cells Only at Non-physiological Concentrations Due to Antagonistic Pathways

Vegard Skalstad Ellensen, Iren Abrahamsen, James Lorens & Torbjörn Jonung · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Aims: Experimental animal models have demonstrated inhibition of intimal hyperplasia processes by heparin. These effects have not been observed in clinical trials. Diverging experimental conditions are the most conspicuous reasons. This study was designed to test if heparin inhib...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24646

Correlation of Serum and Pericardial Fluid Amino Terminal Pro-B-type Natriuretic Peptide

Sofia Amjad, H. R. Ahmad & Shahid Sami · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Objective: To investigate the correlation of pericardial fluid and serum NT-proBNP levels in patients during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Study Design: Crossectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: This study was conducted over a period of one year from March 2...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24325

Micro, Sono, Photocatalytic Degradation of Eosin B Using Ferric Oxide Doped with Cobalt

Abeer Sharfalddin, Eman Alzahrani & Mohamad Alamoudi · Chemical Science International Journal · 2016

Eosin B dye is usually used for staining in biology; the stain is harmful if swallowed, smelt, or absorbed through skin. Some researchers have tried to remove it by adsorption, but few have attempted for a complete degradation. In this study, cobalt doped iron oxide (Co-Fe2O3) po...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ACSJ/2016/23648

Ridge Estimator in Logistic Regression under Stochastic Linear Restrictions

Nagarajah Varathan & Pushpakanthie Wijekoon · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2016

In the logistic regression, it is known that multicollinearity affects the variance of Maximum Likelihood Estimator (MLE). To overcome this issue, several researchers proposed alternative estimators when exact linear restrictions are available in addition to sample model. In this...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24585