Tobias Peter Pwajok Choji, Anthony Ajuluchukwu Ngokere, Samuel Ifedioranma Ogenyi, Peterside Rinle Kumbish, Lovelyn Peter Unubi, Mada Umoru Alesa, Ponfa Nden Zhakom, Emmanuel Ishaku Vomangai, Gwom Irmiya Davou & Charity Ezikiel Marcus·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2016
Aims: To process tissues using the rapid microwave techniques and check their reactivity with the phosphotungstic acid haematoxylin. To establish a very fast and cheap method of tissue processing and evaluate its effects on tissue morphology and dye uptake. To eliminate xylene fr...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/19219
Corbiculidae is a family of clams which has the capability of invading habitats. Particularly, there are three genera (Batissa, Polymesoda, Corbicula) which are widely distributed all over the world. The genus Batissa territories are the tropical India and Indo-Pacific Region. Po...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/26448
Aims: Cytokines play a key role in the initiation and progression of chronic periodontitis. This study aimed to measure and compare the levels of Interleukin (IL)-18 in both saliva and gingival cervicular fluid (GCF) of patients with chronic periodontitis and healthy controls. St...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25982
Vasco M. N. C. S. Vieira, Joel Creed, Ricardo A. Scrosati, Anabela Santos, Georg Dutschke, Francisco Leitão, Aschwin H. Engelen, Oscar R. Huanel, Marie-Laure Guillemin, Marcos Mateus & Ramiro Neves·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2016
Model II regression (i.e. minimizing residuals obliquely) is the adequate alternative to Model I regression by Ordinary Least Squares (i.e. minimizing residuals vertically) given the absence of well-established dependence relationships or x measured with error. Yet, it has no per...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25219
Joachim T. Haug, Nicole R. Rudolf, Philipp Wagner, Paula T. Gundi, Lara-Leonie Fetzer & Carolin Haug·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2016
In eumalacostracan crustaceans the thoracic appendages usually have seven elements along the main axis of the appendage. Mantis shrimps are an exception: their raptorial sub-chelate maxillipeds (anterior thoracopods) have only six such elements. Hence it has been speculated which...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25938
This study to investigate the crude extracts effect of Barleria longiflora against fourth instar larvae of Spodoptera litura and Helicoverpa armigera. Antifeedant, larvicidal, and the inhibitory activities of B. longiflora were observed with different solvent extracts of petroleu...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/23691
Gomphrena celosioides is an ornamental plant with highly medicinal values. Available information on its anatomical studies is scanty while proximate composition and vitamins investigations are lacking. This study therefore focused on proximate composition, vitamin and anatomical...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25546
The longitudinal zonation of polychaetes was studied across 13 stations on the Bonny River estuary. A total of eighty-eight (88) species of polychaetes, from 68 genera, belonging to 31 families, were identified. Based on salinity values, three major salinity zones were identified...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/23682
Technical factors that have potential influence on the performance of fish ponds in Lagos State were assessed. Questionnaires and on-the-spot assessment were used for collecting information on pond construction materials, water sources and pond operational problems. Variations in...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/24938
Aims: Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4), an important regulatory molecule in the process of antigen presentation, was previously associated with the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases and asthma. Therefore, the goal of our study was to determine the expression of CTLA4 in...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/24564
Kochia plant adapting to extreme environmental factors provide an important part of forage requirements for livestock grazing in arid and semi-arid regions. Many wild Kochia species are undervalued mainly because of insufficient knowledge about their potential feeding value, yiel...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25315
Nine isolates of Lasiodiplodia theobromae were collected from cashew inflorescences showing typical symptoms of dieback disease in nine different farms belonging to various cashew growing ecologies of Nigeria. The result revealed that most of the L. theobromae isolates exhibited...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/18047
Aribodor Dennis Nnanna, Okezie Godson Nwabueze, Ugwuanyi Ifeoma Kosisochukwu, Aribodor Ogechukwu Benedicta & Ike Edith Amauche·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2016
Aims: Mosquitoes constitute important vectors of diseases of public health importance. The study was carried out to determine the species composition of man-biting mosquitoes and their infection rate following indoor residual spraying (IRS) in order to currently assess the epidem...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25866
Glandular odontogenic cyst is a rare odontogenic jaw cyst which exhibits a locally aggressive behaviour with high recurrence rate. It is a relatively new entity that was first described in 1987. Because of the paucity of reported cases, there is no consensus or established protoc...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25067
Acute radiation syndrome (ARS) is a collection of pathological conditions as a result of exposure to high amounts of ionizing radiation (IR). Gastrointestinal (GI) system is highly sensitive to IR exposure and the symptoms include anorexia, nausea, vomiting and severe diarrhoea a...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/24690