Aims: To ascertain the hematinic potential and bioactive compounds in Gossypium barbadense. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and Department of Applied Science, College of Science and Technology, Kaduna Polytechnic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/13194
Recent scientific attention has shown serious concern towards municipal solid wastes (MSW) as a source of greenhouse gases and concentrated leachate. We studied the leachate pollution index (LPI) and emission fluxes of two greenhouse gases (CH4 and CO2) at two municipal solid was...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2014/14306
Anuradhapura district is one of the largest agricultural crop production areas in Sri Lanka. But it is often affected by droughts and droughts caused severe damage for agricultural industry. Thus it is very important to identify the drought characteristics (drought duration and d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2014/14482
Aims: In 2003, 2008 and 2012, deaths in the UK showed unexpected and unexplained large increases similar in magnitude to the larger influenza epidemics seen before 2000. However there were no unusual levels of influenza to explain these spikes. This study aims to investigate the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14285
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) causes klotho deficiency, oxidative stress and inflammation which are common features and major mediators of progression of renal disease. Oxidative stress in CKD is, partly, due to impaired activation of Nrf2, the master regulator of gene...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2015/13745
The treatment of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has undergone significant advances over the past three decades. Current practice guidelines raise the importance of promptly restoring normal coronary blood flow and myocardial perfusion in the infarct zone after the ons...
Aim: To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of E. coli isolates of porcine origin in Grenada, West Indies. Study Design: During the period of May to July, 2014, rectal swab samples were collected from pigs of six weeks to 12 week of age, from randomly selected sma...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/14071
A conventional laboratory method for the determination of glyphosate and its degradation product aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) is high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) followed by post column derivatization with o-phthaldialdehyde (OPA). However, AMPA is partly decomp...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/13089
Aims: To study multiple bacterial colonization In vitro, several limitations are obvious. One of these limitations is the plant autofluorescence generally between green and red fluorescence depending on the plant sections. The most important limitation is the bacterial fluorescen...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/12444
Drought is the most important factor limiting rice productivity under rainfed system of the humid tropics. Field experiments were conducted to determine the effects of soil water management strategies (growth on residual soil moisture at the vegetative stage supplemented with irr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/6197
The aim of the study was to determine the effects of mulching, plant spacing and other control measures on effectiveness of weed control, canopy cover and sweet potato yield. The cultivar Blesbok was planted in a randomized complete block design where seven treatments were replic...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/12404
Malaria is caused by the protozoan parasites of genus Plasmodium. Plasmodium falciparum is the most common cause of malaria in Africa and South-East Asia. In India, Plasmodium vivax has been the primary pathogen responsible for malaria, even though Plasmodium falciparum cases are...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/10267
Aim: To evaluate intercropping efficiency using percentage yield difference (PYD) and to compare the index with other indices. Study Design: The design was a 2 X 5 factorial in a randomized complete block design, and replicated three times. Location: The study was carried out...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/12405
Aims: This review article analyze the data based on antibiotic producing bacteria isolated from different poles of marine environment globally and further more their antibiotic potential against different pathogenic microbes. Microorganisms are potential source of metabolites wit...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/13567
Aims: The study was conducted between October 2012 and May, 2013 with the aim of determining the effect of Lambda-cyhalothrin treated blinds on control of malaria infection. 400 blood samples were collected from 106 households. Study Design: It is an experimental study involving...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/9025