This study compared the performance of some robust regression methods and the Ordinary Least Squares Estimator (OLSE). The estimators were compared using varied levels of leverages and vertical outliers in the predictors and the dependent variables. An anthropometric dataset on t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24281
Aims: The aim of this exploratory study was to evaluate whether significant deficiencies in the prostatic tissue levels of Ca and Mg, as androgen dependent chemical elements, and Br, K, Mn, and Na, as androgen independent chemical elements, exist in patients with BPH. Methodology...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/24747
This paper investigates the effect of trade receivables and inventory management on SMEs profitability in Malaysia. 66 sample of SMEs Manufacturing covering from 2006-2012 was used for the analysis. Ordinary least square (OLS) regression is used to estimate the relationship betwe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24507
This paper provides evidences of the evolutionary pathway followed by one of the main groups of marine angiosperms, the Hydrocharitaceae. Current molecular data has confirmed the aquatic origin of these plants. The Hydrocharitaceae group has a cosmopolitan distribution and is wel...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/24354
Henry I. C. Lowe, Denise Daley, Charah Watson, Shelly-Ann Powell, Kenneth N. N. Ayeah, Ngeh J. Toyang, Joseph Bryant & Andrew S. Lamm·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2016
Aims: Cancer is one of the leading chronic diseases that may lead to death. The search for new therapeutic, medicinal and nutraceutical compounds from folkloric plants including the marine flora are globally important objectives. Therefore the biological assessment of macroalgae...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/23662
Rupali Mahajan, Paramjit Kaur Khinda, Amarjit Singh Gill, Jyotinder Kaur, S. P. Saravanan, Akhilesh Shewale, Meenu Taneja & Vaibhav Joshi·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2016
Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and antimicrobial properties of a five herbal mouth rinses with chlorhexidine gluconate mouthrinse in vitro in healthy and periodontitis patients with established dental plaque. Materials and Methods: A total of 20 dental plaque samples were collecte...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/23318
The field performance of palm fibre insulation board treated with cassava starch solution has been studied. This was done in search of local substitutes for imported insulation materials used in low temperature (45°C – 200°C) ovens. Fresh oil palm fibre was collected from palm-ke...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23998
Aim: This paper presents a statistical analysis of the performance of two age estimation algorithms namely Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN) and Self Organizing Feature Map (SOFM) on human face images. Methodology: 630 human face images with age ranges 0 - 69 from the FG-NET...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24303
Ozone (O3) phytotoxicity is a serious concern all over the globe. O3 can cause both biochemical and physiological changes to plants that could lead to reduction in growth and yield. Its effect on agricultural crops is usually detected as foliar injury. Although foliar injury has...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24821
The potential of using Moringa oleifera seed cake to increase the rate of the microbial degradation of crude oil-spilled soil was investigated. This investigation was carried out at the National Research Institute for Chemical Technology, Zaria, Nigeria, within a 28 day period in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/9358
The focus of the research was to assess the impact of the Warri Refinery operations on the outdoor air quality within the refinery and its environs. The Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) is an industrial complex of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23688
Chlorophyll mutations form an important part of study during the mutation breeding experiments. During a mutation breeding experiment, a breeder has to screen chlorophyll mutations grown in a particular mutant population. This is important for a breeder to check the potency of a...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/18875
This article reports the synthesis of iron (Fe) encapsulated carbon nanotubes (CNTs) prospective to the formation of magnetic semiconductors, by the arc discharge method. Morphology of the samples was studied from transmission electron microscope (TEM) and scanning electron micro...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/18853
Aims: This research is aimed at investigating the corrosion behaviour of welded austenitic stainless steel (ASS) immersed in an alkaline sodium hydroxide medium. The tensile properties of the structure were also determined. Study Design: Weight loss method, Factorial Design of Ex...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23837
Non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) are one of the potential factors reducing nutrient bioavailability in ingredients such as soyabean meal and wheat. Digesta viscosity, which is partly correlated with the modulation of gut can be reduced when wheat-based diets is supplemented with...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24217