In this paper, we consider an almost periodic discrete multispecies Lotka-Volterra competition predator-prey system. By the almost periodicity, sufficient conditions which guarantee the existence of a unique globally attractive almost periodic solution are obtained. An suitable e...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14332
Aim: We investigated all malaria symptomatic patients with microscopy-negative results during a peak malaria transmission season to ascertain the need for presumptive treatment of malaria among these patients. Justification: Due to improved malaria control measures, the administr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/14415
Aim: The levels of some anti-nutritional factors of some common indigenous wild fruits were assessed in order to determine their safety, since these fruits are widely eaten by the indigenes. Study Design: Five samples each of Chrysophyllum albidum (White Star Apple or Local Cherr...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13899
Background: Helminth infections are widely spread around the world and constitute a major public health problem. They present one of the most common parasitic infections worldwide with a greater proportion occurring in the less developed areas of the world like Sub-Saharan Africa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/14579
Aims: To determine the distribution of battery life for batteries that often are used to power smoke alarms. Place and Duration of Study: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton Maryland, USA, between June 2007 and September 2009. Methodology: We recorded the lif...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13776
Introduction: Male live births occur slightly in excess of female live births at a ratio of approximately 0.515 (male/total births). Stress has been shown to reduce M/F, including stress engendered by contracting economies. This study was carried out in order to ascertain whether...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13450
Aim: The study explored the community stakeholders’ perceptions in teenage pregnancy prevention and also identified current teenage pregnancy intervention programmes in a typical South African township. Methods: The study was contextual with an exploratory strategy. The research...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13727
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder in which carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism is not properly regulated by insulin. Many indigenous medicinal plants have been successfully used to manage diabetes. However, the use of dietary management is most advocated. Thus...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/12877
Aims: This study compares the performance of routine malaria diagnostic tests, and explores the challenges of malaria diagnosis in paediatric patients in an endemic setting in South West Nigeria. Study Design: Cross sectional study Place and Duration of the Study: The study was c...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/9965
In the present social - economic conditions of our country, the problem of objective analysis and research of the population’s everyday social life, of its wellbeing, of the living standard and lifestyle, of the quality of life as a whole, becomes more and more present and signif...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/14893
Apart from its industrial uses, soybean is a cheap plant food source that the low-income population in Nigeria depends on for protein and nutrient needs, but there is a decline in its production and productivity. Identifying the production constraints is critical to formulating p...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/13759
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (OCES) has adopted a core competency model that contributes to the actualization and professional development of extension educators. Due to the flexibility of the model, the selected core competencies, intercultural competence could be achi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14191
The current study investigates whether social justice has a positive effect on individuals of low socioeconomic status who have a high preference for the merit principle. We used the Merit Principle Scale and the Social Class Scale to assign the study’s low-socioeconomic-status p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/11442
Objective: To study the effect of aqueous extract of dry fruits of Piper guineense on male fertility parameters of adult male Sprague Dawley rats. Materials and Methods: 30 adult male Sprague Dawley rats weighing between 120g -150g were used. They were divided into three (3) gro...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/9466
Aims: Avicennia marina (AM) is a widely distributed mangrove plant that has been used in traditional medicine for centuries for the treatment of a number of diseases. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the leaf ethyl acetate extract of AM for its cytotoxic and apo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14181