The present paper deals with the flow of an incompressible couple stress fluid past a porous spheroidal shell which is made up of two confocal prolate spheroids S0 and S1 where S0 is within S1. The spheroid S0 is taken to be a solid and the annular region between S0 and S1 is por...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13368
This paper explored the status, challenges and livelihood opportunities of women small scale agro processors in selected rural communities of the Ga East district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It aimed at identifying the needs and options available to these women and the...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15523
The experiment investigated the effect of yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) on gut microflora and gut morphology integrity of broiler chickens. A total number of 324 day old Arbor Acres broilers chicks were allocated to 9 x 3 replicates pens consisting of twelve birds each. On...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15810
Composite blends were formulated from guna protein/cellulose based biomaterials. The blends ratios prepared using solution method to produce blends ratios of (90/10 to 0/100). These were subjected to soil burial tests from 20 days through 80 days. FTIR analysis was carried on the...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/12722
Because the density of non-ranks in the interval 1...Pj is smaller than the average density of non-ranks of parent primes in the interval 1...L , where , there is an inferior limit on the number of twin ranks up to a prime Pj , and hence on the number of twin primes u...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/16023
Aims: The anti-ulcer effects of methanol extract of Mangifera indica L stem bark was investigated on wistar rats. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out between August and November 2013 in the Pharmacology Laboratory of Department of Pharmacology, Facul...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14569
Surgical management of the cancer with empyema has rarely been reported in the literature because few of such cases are operable. Many patients might be misevaluated because of the incorrect staging associated with an acute or sub-acute infection. Even in the presence of an opera...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16007
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the persistent inability to attain /or maintain an erection of the penis adequate for satisfactory sexual intercourse. This condition has been found to be more common, to occur earlier and to be more difficult to treat in men with Diabetes mellitus (D...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15497
The Study examined an assessment on effect of adoption of small scale irrigation technologies by fadama users in agricultural zone III of Niger state, Nigeria. The broad objective of the study was to examine an assessment on effect of adoption of small scale irrigation technologi...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/15282
Droughts are major natural disasters for many parts of the world. Dry areas where the precipitation pattern is markedly seasonal, or is otherwise highly variable, are the most susceptible. The Iranian Prairies are often subjected to drought, and it is sometimes catastrophic There...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/14375
The efficacy of Garcinia kola seed ethanolic extract on selected haematological parameters of male Wistar rats was investigated. Thirty (30) male Wistar rats weighing 150.42±3.98 g were divided into three groups (I, II and III) comprising ten animals each. Animals in group I (con...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/15305
Aims: (i) To determine the effect of higher initial pH on the effectiveness and efficiency of E. aerogenes S012 in converting glycerol to ethanol; (ii) To identify the best pH range in which the bacterium produces the highest results. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Bi...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/15622
A polyphenol oxidase was purified to homogeneity from edible yam (Dioscorea cayenensis-rotundata cv. zrèzrou) cultivated in Côte d’Ivoire. The purification procedure consisted of ion-exchange, ammonium sulphate fractionation, size exclusion and hydrophobic interaction chromatogra...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/15174
Aim: To determine perception and understanding of oral thrush among Maasai women of reproductive age (WRA), Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs), village leaders and health care workers in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA). Study Design: Cross sectional, qualitative research....
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14711
Aim: Anaplasmosis is an important economic livestock disease. Limited information on its epidemiology in Iran is still lacking thus the aim of the study was to determine the seroprevalence of the disease in sheep and cattle in Kurdistan province of Western Iran with an overview o...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/15535