Aim: Hydraulic conductivity following the Hagen-Poiseuille Law is a quantitative approach to determine the treatability of wood by chemicals. The hydraulic conductivities of the ten selected Nigerian hardwood timber species to four wood treatment chemicals were estimated, using H...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i630235
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is a member of Poaceae family with three agronomic types corresponds to their specific uses namely grain sorghum, sweet sorghum, and forage sorghum. Although sorghum in Indonesia is considered as under-utilized crop, but it has the potential as an alte...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i630234
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the newly discovered coronavirus. Coronavirus affects human lung tissues. Covid-19 should be infection of the lungs, the virus infects alveolar cells resulting in reduced production of pulmonary surfactant. Pulmona...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i630233
Deficit irrigation and low nitrogen (N) fertilization rate cause negative effects on maize grain productivity; such effects differ from genotype to genotype. The main objectives of the present investigation were to: (i) identify the drought and low N tolerant genotypes, (ii) esti...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i630232
Chinenye E. Okenwa, Ijeoma C. Uzoma, Anulika O. Onyemelukwe, Ogechukwu C. Dozie- Nwakile, Hilary Emuebie, Victor C. Edeh & S. A. Ufelle·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Aim: To evaluate the interleukin 3 levels in some Hepatitis B virus and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive subjects. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Haematology Department, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu, Nigeria, between...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i630231
Coronaviruses (CoV) belong to Coronaviridiae family that cause deadly diseases in humans or animals. These viruses are enveloped and have single stranded positive-sense large RNA genome. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes deadly pandemic coronavir...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i530230
Background: Individuals with sickle cell disease (ISCD) are often subject to various changes in crucial health profiles with a consequent need for reduced physical activities, which could be as a result of their declining pulmonary functions. Few studies have systematically attem...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i530228
Weder Ferreira dos Santos, Lucas Carneiro Maciel, Benício Lourenço Duarte Júnior, Joênes Mucci Peluzio, Layanni Ferreira Sodré, Osvaldo José Ferreira Junior, Magno De Oliveira, Rafael Marcelino da Silva & Adriano Silveira Barbosa·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Aims: The objective of this study was to estimate the genetic divergence between ten corn genotypes in the 2017/18 crop, under high and low phosphorus. Study Design: The experimental design used in each test was randomized blocks, the treatments were: ten genotypes in two levels...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i530227
Aims: This communication deals with the diversity and distribution including host species distribution of vascular epiphytes also reflecting its phenological observations. Study Design: Random field survey was carried out in the study site to identify and record the taxa. Host sp...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i530226
Morphometric and genetic diversity studies were carried out on Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus sampled from middle and lower Cross River. The aim was to provide information on variations between these two populations and also augment the limited information currently available on gen...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i530224