R. I. Uchegbu, A. A. Ahuchaogu, C. N. Mbadiugha, K. O. Amanze, C. E. Igara, I. C. Iwu & P. C. Ikechukwu-Nwankwo·Chemical Science International Journal·2016
Aim: To ascertain the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial activities of the extracts of seeds of Mucuna pruriens (utilis). Study Design: The study was designed to test the inhibitory ability of the plant extract on e...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/24043
Field experiments were conducted in late 2013 and 2014 cowpea cropping seasons in Michael Okpara University of Agriculture. Umudike, to assess the efficacy of leaf extracts of Gmelina arborea, Chromoleana odorata and Anacardium occidentale in the control of anthracnose disease of...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/22797
The adaptability to the rain forest ecology and resistance to the Telfaria Mosaic Virus (TeMV) of seven (7) hybrid lines and a local cultivar of Telfaria occidentalis were evaluated in Esierebom, Calabar and Uyo in 2014 and 2015 vegetable growing seasons. Hybrid lines of T. occid...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/22798
Six on-farm experiments were conducted in 2013/2014 seasons, in the Central Highlands (CHLs) of Ethiopia, with the main aim of estimating optimum sulfur rate for wheat. The treatments were, 4-levels of S(S0 =0, S1 =5, S2 =10, and S3 =20 kg S/ha); 2-levels of N(N0 =0, N =N1 =69 kg...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/23550
Objective: Assessment of the outcome after an ischemic stroke is important both to serve as a baseline for the evaluation of therapeutic measures and for rehabilitation and health planning. Our aim was to compare the Total Health Risks in Vascular Events (THRIVE) score with outco...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23887
Metabolic syndrome is indeed a high risk condition involving obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The study aim to formulate an antioxidant rich nutraceutical from locally available foodstuff (onion, garlic, ginger, tomato, lemon, palm oil, water melon seeds...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/23844
Taylor's equation has proven utility for determination of the lifetime of cutting tool in machining of metal. Whereas, Taylor's equation is not widespread for prediction of wear of wood machining tools due to lack of appropriate coefficients of the equation. Therefore, aim of the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24465
Aim: To determine ochratoxin A production by cocoa bean seeds infested Aspergillus species in Ondo State, Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: Cocoa bean seeds were randomly collected from six local government areas namely Idanre, Akure, Owo, Akure, Oba-Akoko, and Ile-Oluji know...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/24139
Aims: In-vitro produced microrhizomes in ginger are favored as planting material over other conventional planting materials as they are free from soil born pathogens. This study was conducted to develop an efficient protocol for production of healthy microrhizomes including the i...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/23903
Burn injury is a global public health problem with approximately 265,000 deaths annually. In India, over 1000,000 people are moderately or severely burnt every year and an annual mortality rate is 100,000 to 140,000. This study was aimed to identify and analyze the demographic as...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23746
The objective of this work was to isolate, characterize physiologically, and identify yeasts associated with foods from Assiut city, Egypt. Fifty-two colonies of yeasts associated with orange, mandarin, tomato, squash, sobia drink, mango juice, sugarcane juice, yogurt and butterm...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24170
This paper answer the question or conjecture: Can all prime numbers be written as the sum of two square numbers, ie q = r2 + p2 , where q,p and r are primes? Also it is found a rule which helps to predict which prime numbers can be written as the sum of two square numbers and wh...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24252
The research was conducted to evaluate the agronomic performance of five tropical varieties of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.) in two agro-environments (Agbani and Iwollo) during the 2013 and 2014 planting season in Enugu State, Southeastern Nigeria. The experiment comprises of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/23298
Research objects are components of educational process: a macrosystem of educational process for formation of competence of a pupil (of an educational group), systems representing mathematical models of competencys, ontologies, textbooks. Research objectives: to construct mathema...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/23900
Background: Ponseti method is an established conservative treatment for idiopathic clubfoot in children world-wide. Yet, no data are available to quantify its effectiveness for reference in Ghana. Aim: To explore the effectiveness of Ponseti method in the management of clubfoot a...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/23832