The study investigates the determinants of direct marketing strategy (DMS) adoption and its effect on gross sales of agro SMEs in the wake of the government’s industrialization efforts. A multistage sampling was used to select 120 agro SMEs in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, a...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2013/4474
The study measured the level of technical efficiency and its determinants in table egg production in Imo State, Nigeria by using a stochastic frontier production function to determine individual technical efficiencies of the farmers. Multi stage sampling technique was used to sel...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2013/4178
Aim: Factor XIII is a transglutaminase that crosslinks fibrin in the last steps of the coagulation process. A few polymorphic sites have been identified in this gene, one of them being a point mutation (FXIII Val34Leu), leading to an amino acid change of valine to leucine. Severa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4730
Nitrogen is considered the most important element in plant nutrition and growth. However its role and availability for boreal forest conifers is still debated. Boreal conifers have adapted strategies to cope with the reduced availability of N. ECM fungi, associated with boreal co...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2013/4233
Farmers' practice of planting more than one crop under mixed cropping without fertilizer application has been a source of concern in Nigerian agriculture due to inherent low fertility status and fragile nature of the soils. This study was set up to assess the performance of okra...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2013/4796
Francisca O. Nwaokorie, Kofoworola O. Savage, Muinah A. Fowora, Patricia O. Ayanbadejo, Folasade T. Ogunsola & Akitoye O. Coker·Microbiology Research Journal International·2013
Aims: Beta-lactamase production and subsequent resistance to β-lactam drugs has been a global concern in the treatment of Gram negative anaerobes. The aim of this study was to identify F. nucleatum strains producing Class D β-lactamase through the detection of FUS-1 (OXA-85) resi...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/3599
Deficit irrigation technique was introduced to find the best means to conserve irrigation water in arid lands. The most common model describing deficit irrigation is water yield response model. The main advantage of such model is that it can predict relative yield drop, which ari...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2013/4981
The experiments were conducted during 2010 and 2011 rainy seasons at the research and teaching farm of the college of agriculture, Lafia, Nasarawa state, Nigeria. To determine the effect of urea fertilizer and poultry manure on the performances of fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occide...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2013/3863
Aims: To identify and determine the bacteria associated with skin and soft tissue conditions of fungal infections. Place and Duration of Study: Sample area was Plateau State Nigeria and sample collection and analysis was done in Dermatophilosis Research Centre, National Veterinar...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/4188
Alpha amylase is an important enzyme used in different industries, which degrades starch into smaller disaccharides. Extracellular α-amylase producing organisms were isolated from soil samples from Mauritius and identified by standard biochemical tests. In this study, the high yi...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/4704
Seenivasan Madhankumar, Shanmuganathan Natarajan, Uma Maheswari, V. Anand Kumar, Padmanabhan T. Veeravalli & Fathima Banu·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2013
Aim: To evaluate the gender differences with regard to the shape of the palatal rugae and identify the most predominant pattern. Study Design: Cross sectional design Place and Duration of Study: June 2009 to October 2009 in the Faculty Dental Sciences at Sri Ramachandra Universit...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2013/4873
The adsorption of ethylbenzene from aqueous solution using waste tyre rubber granules (WTRG) was investigated in a batch system. The effect of various factors such as contact time, initial concentration of ethylbenzene, amount of adsorbent, size of adsorbent particles, and temper...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2013/4920
Aims: To assess the feasibility of using supportive interactive text messages to reduce repeat self-harm, and to reduce the frequency and intensity of suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviour in patients discharged from an Emergency Department (ED) after an episode of self-harm....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/5242
Aims: 1. To investigate the effects of concrete learning aids (Colour Balls) with Student Teams-Achievement Division (STAD) cooperative learning (CBCL) method on Form Four Arts Stream students’ performance in probability; 2. To find out students’ perception towards the use of CBC...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/5177
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of honey on blood pressure and heart rate on healthy male and female subjects. Methodology: 20ml honey orally administered was evaluated in hundred healthy male and female subjects. Their basal systolic blood pressure (SBP),...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4152