Aims: The objectives of the in vitro study were to examine the applicability of thermodynamic models for the interaction of reaction mixture components to enzyme catalyzed reaction, and to determine the effect of co – solutes on the velocity of hydrolysis of a substrate with alph...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24269
Echekoba Felix Nwaolisa & Ananwude Amalachukwu Chijindu·Advances in Research·2016
This study is an intent to determine the influence of financial structure on profitability with special reference to oil and gas firms in Nigeria. Ten (10) out of the fourteen (14) listed oil and gas firms in Nigerian Stock Exchange were selected. The financial data from 1993 to...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24568
In this paper, we prove Kannan’s fixed point theorem in a cone hexagonal metric space. Our result extend and improve the recent result of Jleli and Samet [The Kannan’s fixed point theorem in a cone rectangular metric space, J. Nonlinear Sci. Appl., 2 (2009), 161 - 167], and many...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25272
Aims: Hyperglycemia has been posited to have an effect on the healing process at the cellular level, particularly on fibroblasts that produce extracellular matrix components including collagen. However, the mechanisms underlying this process have yet to be fully elucidated. In ad...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25173
Drought is one of the most worrying manifestations of variability and change of climate in many West African countries. Due to its threats on human life, socio-economic activities, agricultural productivities, shortage of water, natural resources and environments, the problems re...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25349
Priscila Marcelino dos Santos Silva, Luana Cassandra Breitenbach Barroso Coel & Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia·Advances in Research·2016
Changes in glycosylation profiles have emerged as indicators of diseases. Altered glycans and glycoproteins secreted by pathological tissues are found in human serum and are potential glycobiomarkers for early diagnostic and prognostic of diseases such as inflammation, infection...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24734
Oladipupo A. Lawal, Isiaka A. Ogunwande, Andy R. Opoku & Adebola O. Oyedeji·Advances in Research·2016
Aims: The study investigates the essential oil obtained from the rhizomes of Cyperus distans collected from different location, and compared the result with previous sample and other reports on the chemical composition of essential oils from several species of the genus Cyperus....
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25252
Dawn A. Seefeldt, Daniel Houlihan & Jeffrey A. Buchanan·Advances in Research·2016
The objective of this study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of implementing two types of high-probability of naming/low-probability of naming procedures to improve object recall memory in elderly individuals with cognitive impairment. The procedures involved the use of direc...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24580
O. D. Zakharova, L. P. Ovchinnikova, S. I. Zhivetyeva, L. I. Goryunov, V. D. Shteingarts, E. V. Tretyakov & G. A. Nevinsky·Advances in Research·2016
Aim: Synthesis and analysis of antioxidant and antitumor properties of fluorinated phosphorus-containing derivatives of tetrafluoro-1,4-benzoquinone and hexafluoro-1,4-naphthoquinone. Methodology: All compounds were synthesized by amino- and phosphanodefluorination with correspon...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24265
Salawudeen T. Olalekan, Alade A. Olanrewaju, Arinkoola A. Olatunde & Jimoh M. Omolola·Advances in Research·2016
Aim: The shell of invertebrate such as oyster has a very high potential in removing color pigments and other impurities in water and vegetable oils. However, application of such materials is receiving low attention both in industry and academia. This work studied the effectivenes...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/23709