Aims: This study has been carried out with the following objectives: Assessment of contamination of water in Blue Nile through fungi of different water samples collected and Identify, as far as possible, the species responsible for contamination and, to a diver these problems. St...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28131
Aim: The aim of this study was to see the effect of pregnancy on some selected haemostatic parameters based on trimesters. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemical Pathology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Wesley Guild Hospital Unit, Ilesa, Osun...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/26956
Potassium bromate (KBrO3) is widely used in foods and water, in spite of its well-known oxidative cell and tissue damage. Therefore, vitamins C and E are examined to alleviate its cardiac injury. For this purpose 72 adult male albino rats were categorized into 6 groups. Group1 se...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28697
Aim: The aim of the study is to evaluate the gross, histology and morphometric changes of the adrenal gland during the foetal developmental period of the White Fulani (zebu) cattle in Nigeria, using slaughter house foetal waste. Study Design: Experimental morphological study was...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/27994
The objective of this study was to assess performance, heterosis and combining ability parameters and their interrelationships in six maize inbreds and their 15 diallel F1 crosses under different plant densities (D). Three experiments were carried out in each season of 2013 and 2...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28067
Microbiological evaluation and proximate composition of pastries sold within the University of Uyo Campuses were determined using standard microbiological and analytical techniques. A total of 28 pastries comprising buns, chin chin, cake and doughnut were bought from different lo...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28314
The objectives of the present investigation were to determine genetic variance components, heritability and expected genetic advance from selection for agronomic traits of maize under water stress at flowering combined with high plant density; 95,200 plants/ha(WS-HD) as compared...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28414
The distribution of 238U (Uranium-238), 232Th (Thorium-232), 40K (Potassium-40) and 137Cs (Caesium-137) in surface soil at various sites of agriculture and grazing located in west of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was investigated under natural field conditions. These sites were located at...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28502
Nowadays potentially toxic metal removal from the environment, particularly wastewater, is moving from the use of conventional techniques to the use of biosorption, which utilizes diverse natural materials of biological basis, including bacteria, fungi, algae and yeast, for the b...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/27942
Aim: This study documents for the first time the production of pectinase by Physocladia obscura JEL 513 and the optimization of its production in solid-state fermentation. Study Design: OFAT (One Factor At a Time). Place and Duration of Study: Botany Department, Faculty of Biolog...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/27772