Chinedu Ifeanyi Atama, Chioma Julieth Onovo, Chioma Janefrances Okeke, Ossai Nelson & Christopher Didigwu Nwani·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
The multiple industrial, domestic, agricultural, medical, and technological applications of heavy metals have led to their wide distribution in the environment, raising concerns over their potential effects on human health and the environment. This work focused on the determinati...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i1030285
Bilateral asymmetry is defined as a deviation of a whole organism or a part of it from a perfect symmetry, and different categories can be recognized. One is the fluctuating asymmetry, defined as the random developmental variation of a trait (or character) that is expected to be...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i1030284
CoViD-19 pandemic is a viral disease caused by SARS-COV-2virus and since December 2019, has spread rapidly in all the world countries; At the end of June 2020, over 10 million peoples were infected in the world and more than 500,000 deaths have been identified. Due to its fast tr...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i930282
Lonchophyllinae comprises four genera of Neotropical nectarivorous bats. Inside this subfamily the genus Lonchophylla is one of the most diverse. A total of 51 Lonchophylla skulls from Colombia (L. robusta n=34 and L. thomasi n=17) was studied by means of geometric mo...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i1030283
Weder Ferreira dos Santos, Osvaldo José Ferreira Junior, Lucas Carneiro Maciel, Joênes Mucci Peluzio, Flávio Sérgio Afférri, Layanni Ferreira Sodré, Lucas Alves de Faria, Lucas Sodré Vieira, Adriano Silveira Barbosa & Rafael Marcelino da Silva·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Aims: This study aimed to select efficient and responsive maize genotypes to the use of nitrogen for silage. Study Design: The experimental design was randomized blocks in a 2 x 11 factorial scheme, the first factor being two nitrogen levels: 165 kg ha-1 of N and 15 kg ha-1 of N,...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i930281
Dynamics of the blood flow play an important role in the development and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. In recent decades, blood flow simulation has been widely used to better understand the symptomatic spectrum of different diseases, in order to improve existing or develo...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i930274
This paper presents the dosimetric parameters characterizations of a megavoltage therapeutic photon beam. The main focus of this study is to investigate and analyze the parameters of percentage depth dose (PDD) and tissue maximum ratio (TMR) due to the importance of treatment sys...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i930280
COV-19, HIV/AIDS, Flu H1N1 and many other zoonotic diseases are emergent during Anthropocene epoch due to climatic anomalies. Bacteria’s, viruses, pathogens are associated with human cause zoonoses mainly resulting from domestication. Minimum 61% of human pathogens are zoonotic c...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i930271
Laurentius Hartanto Nugroho, Rarastoety Pratiwi, R. C. Hidayat Soesilohadi, Efrida Ratnasari Subin, Sri Wahyuni, . Jekli, Yustina Sri Hartini & Intani Quarta Lailaty·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Rice ear bug (Leptocorisa oratorius Fabricius) is still classified as the top of five pests that cause the most losses in rice farming productivity. The attack causes the grain to become empty resulted in reducing the yield of grain up to 40% even to 100%. Betel plants (Genus Pip...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i930269
Pradeep Mishra, Chellai Fatih, Deepa Rawat, Saswati Sahu, Sagar Anand Pandey, M. Ray, Anurag Dubey & Olawale Monsur Sanusi·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Due to the impact of Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic that exists today, all countries, national and international organizations are in a continuous effort to find efficient and accurate statistical models for forecasting the future pattern of COVID infection. Accurate forecastin...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i930270
Nazmul Huq Hawlader, Md. Solaiman Ali Fakir, Masum Ahmad, Habibun Nesa, Md. Mustafizur Rahman, Irteja Hasan, Md. Monirul Islam & Md. Sagirul Islam Majumder·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
The application of compost as alternatives to reduce the use of synthetic fertilizers is considered a feasible agricultural practice to mitigate soil degradation caused by long term application of synthetic fertilizers. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the effect of cass...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i930268
Chaetomium species are saprophytic fungi, havethe ability to degrade cellulose with hydrolytic enzymes. Hydrolytic enzymes are a cluster of enzymes, which have the flexibility of breaking down complicated molecules into smaller molecules. The objective of this study was to clarif...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i930267
Intra- and inter-species genetic diversity study was carried out comparing the molecular and morphological characters of five Cola species namely Cola acuminata, Cola nitida, Cola millenii, Cola lepidota and Cola gigantea collected from five locations in Ibadan, Nigeria. Sixteen...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i930266
Aims: The objective of this trial was to establish the prevalence and risk factors relating to soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections among slum dwelling women in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: A total of 100 stoo...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i830264
Despite a study by [1] proposing a simple model of under five years pneumonia, doubt lingers regarding its reliability, sufficiency and validity. The research question is whether the model is valid for use or not? The objectives of this study were to: incorporate exit rate from...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i830265