Aim: We report antimicrobial activities of bacteria associated with 10 native and one invasive species of seaweeds on par with bacteria found in the seawater and sediment. Bacteria exhibiting antimicrobial activity were phylogenetically analysed using 16S rRNA gene. Place and Dur...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/8678
Production of legumes for purposes of obtaining biomass is often restricted to seasons that are less optimum for economic crops, thus limiting the possibility of accumulating substantial biomass. A three and half-year study was conducted at Egerton University, Kenya, with the aim...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/8309
Shepherd's needle (Scandix pecten-veneris L.) is a very common broadleaf weed of winter cereals and also an edible weed used in many regions in Greece. Knowing the behavior of the weed seeds in the soil may help in designing its management strategy and its future cultivation. Fie...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8827
Field experiments were conducted in November of 2012 at the University of Juba demonstration farm on cowpea cultivar UCR 368 and local variety JUBA1. In this study, the DSSAT Cropping System Model, CROPGRO-Cowpea, was employed to simulate and predict cowpea yield in a 3-year prod...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/9491
Forty one chilli genotypes were grown in a randomized block design with three replications during autumn-winter season of 2010-11, at the AB block Farm, Kalyani, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, India, to estimate variability and heritability for important reproductive and y...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/7236
The oil palm industry in Ghana is dominated by small scale farmers who normally intercrop oil palm with food crops (maize, cassava and plantain). A trial was conducted on a four year old oil palm field which had been intercropped with food crops for three years (1994-1997). Obser...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/9038
Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of individualized progressive resistance strength training (PRT) program in improving the confidence level among the institutionalized elderly with balance impairment, in comparison with traditional balance exercise (TBE), and combination of bo...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/9396
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is the fourth type of cancer-related death in the world. There is estimated 45,220 new cases of PC will be diagnosed and 38,460 people will be passed away from the disease in the near future. The absence of diagnostic and prognostic markers and also unrespo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/9671
Introduction: This was a retrospective study to demonstrate the age prevalence of uterine fibroid cases diagnosed in a peripheral health facility within a ten year period with a view to improving available demographic health data in Nigeria. Results: Records obtained from the Uni...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5978
Aim: To assess the prevalence of Schistosomiasis in adjacent human communities along the River Kochi, West Nile region of Uganda in relation to the presence of infected Biomphalaria snails Study Design: A combination of cross sectional field survey and laboratory analysis Place a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/9600
Maritime Piracy has existed since ancient times. In recent decades there has been a resurgence in piracy. The major focus for much of the past 10 years has been on piracy in the waters off the Horn of Africa conducted almost exclusively by Somali pirates. Attention has been drawn...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/8893
This study analyzed the value chain of palm fruit production and processing in Abia state of Nigeria. The analysis was imperative, because of the increased emphasis on value addition to improve the market value of agribusiness products. The objectives considered included the soci...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/9461
This study investigated the socio-economic factors influencing adoption of dual-purpose cowpea production (DPC) technologies among farmers in Bichi Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria. Data were collected with the use of questionnaire administered to 200 farmers selected...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/7981
Food supply in Nigeria depends on the rural population who are the main producers of food for the entire population. However, due to the continuous movement of people, particularly, the youths, to the cities in search of lucrative jobs, very few people are left to work on farms....
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6441
The very sensitive, fairly selective direct spectrophotometric method is presented for the rapid determination of silver at ultra-trace level using1, 5-diphenylthiocarbazone (dithizone) as a new micellar spectrophotometric reagent ( max= 495 nm) in a slightly acidic (0.1-1.0 M H2...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/8157