Aim: This study investigated the effect of silver and selenium nanoparticles on Alternaria solani, the pathogenic fungus causing early blight disease of potato. Place and Duration of Study: Drug Radiation Research Department, National Centre for Radiation Research & Technolog...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/24155
Waters treatment by aluminum sulphate is the most used process in waters treatment to remove unwanted microorganisms. The inorganic coagulants are partially hydrolyzed salts; their dissolution in water depends mainly on this one’s pH. However, aluminum residues may remain after d...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24059
This study presents the results obtained from a comprehensive investigation of pollution indicators of piggery wastewater from a stabilisation pond in Nigeria in a laboratory scale. Experiments were conducted to predict treatment efficiency of the various stabilisation ponds in o...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24103
Not many studies exist that relate emotional intelligence with sexual variables, such as sexual functioning and subjective sexual well-being. In order to fill the gap in the research, we developed this study with the following objectives. First, we aim to assess levels of emotion...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/23481
The various educational reform programmes in recent times has led to an increase in enrolment of students in the major public and private tertiary institutions in the country with its resultant accommodation difficulties. Statistically, over 60 percent of students in most of the...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/23891
The study was designed to investigate the response of broiler chickens to diets containing levels of Limicolaria aurora meal as replacement for fish meal. The experiment involved five treatments with three replicates per treatment in a Completely Randomized Design, and was carrie...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/23313
In this paper, a fractional sub-equation method is proposed for finding exact solutions of the space–time fractional Burger’s equation and the space-time fractional fifth-order Sawda-Kotera equation. The derivative is defined in the Jumarie’s modified Riemann-Liouville sense. The...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/23784
In [1], C. Park generalized the notion of the quasi-normed space, i.e. he introduced the notion of the quasi 2-normed space. He proved several properties of the quasi 2-norm. In [2], M. Kir and M. Acikgoz gave the procedure of completing the quasi 2-normed space. Several inequali...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/22885
In the present paper, we consider relationships between the basic solution concepts of set-valued optimization, the properties of continuous multifunctions with compact and convex values and the existence of efficient continuous selections using the Maximum Theorem and the Distan...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24450
In a Boolean ring, every element is trivially multiplicatively generated by idempotent elements. In this paper, we study the structure of rings in which certain subsets are multiplicatively generated by idempotents or multiplicatively generated by idempotents and nilpotents.
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24352
This paper focuses on derivation of three-step block method through collocation and interpolation technique with Chebyshev polynomial as basis function. The procedure yields uniform order finite difference formulae for the solution of second order Initial Value Problems in Ordina...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24322
In the manuscript, a concept of a mixed monotone mapping is acquainted and a coupled fixed point theorems is substantiated for such nonlinear shrinkage mappings in partially ordered exact rectangular metric spaces. We enlarge and universalize the conclusions of these theory.
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24314
A technique is presented for obtaining an asymptotic solution of over damped nonlinear forced vibrating systems by general Struble’s technique and extended KBM method with varying coefficients. The implementation of the presented method is illustrated by an example. The first ord...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24531
Aim: To identify types of herbal medicine used for HIV conditions in Vihiga county, Kenya. Study Design: Qualitative ethno botanical survey. Place and Duration of Study: Hamuyundi sub-location, west Sabatia location, Sabatia Sub County, Vihiga County – Kenya. The study was carrie...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/23180
Samuel Ehiabhi Okhale, Oluchi Roseline Igwe, Henry O. Egharevba, Grace Ugbabe, Jemilat A. Ibrahim & Oluyemisi Folashade Kunle·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2016
Aim: Evaluation of the volatile oil constituents of the leaves of Landolphia owariensis collected from Suleja, Niger State, North Central Nigeria in July 2015, where it is valued as an important medicinal plant used in folk medicines. Methodology: Fresh leaves were hydrodistilled...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/23745