An experiment was conducted in 2015 at the screenhouse of Teaching and Research Farm, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, to determine the effects of biochar and rhizobium inoculation (HISTICK) on nodulation and growth of groundnut plant (SAMNUT-24). Two factors were used for...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/27297
T. O. Monama, B. M. Nsimba, P. V. Tsalu, D. D. Tshilanda, B. M. Mbala, P. N. Bokolombe, B. K. Mvingu, C. K. Mulaji, S. M. Nanituma & P. T. Mpiana·Journal of Applied Life Sciences International·2016
In this work we have highlighted the importance of substrate-inoculum ratio on the biogas (biomethane) production when using peels of eggplant and that of cassava by biomethanization method. The study has been designed as follow: digestion of pig manure (inoculums) produced under...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28891
Aim: Effectiveness in health messages communication is a sine qua non for pregnancy management and amelioration of complication during delivery. This study examines the factors influencing the communication of messages in antenatal health talks to pregnant women registered to att...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/29587
Nuclear waste dumping site found to contain the traces of organic compounds and heavy metals; in spite of the present physicochemical and biological treatment. The organic waste was commonly found to contain traces of Trichloroethylene. The remediation technology has been develop...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/28673
The term “probiotic” etymologically appears to be composed of the Latin preposition pro, meaning “for” or “in support”, and the Greek adjective “biotic” from the noun bios meaning “life”, together these two words gave the meaning ‘for life’ or ‘in support of life’. Commercially a...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2016/29244
Background: The demand to study medicine in Nigeria is very high thereby putting lots of pressure to the University authorities because of inadequate space and provision to accommodate the large number of applicants. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the factors m...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2016/29847
Alzheimer’s disease is an insidious disease of the brain. It is a degenerative and intractable neurological disorder that causes deterioration of memory, judgment, and reasoning in the elderly. About 46.8 million people worldwide are suffering from AD; prevalence is expected to a...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/28271
Background: Loupes represent a type of magnification and their use can promote higher quality on dental treatment. Besides those advantages magnification can be beneficial for musculoskeletal health maintenance on dental professionals. Aim: This study intends to review the litera...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29885
Purpose: Effortful control is the ability to inhibit a dominant response to perform instead a subdominant response. The Big Five personality traits have been widely used to describe personality in terms of five independent factors. In this study, we investigated the relationships...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29729
Background: Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular events. Serum uric acid has been implicated as a risk factor for development of cardiovascular diseases including hypertension. Previous studies have found association between raised serum uric acid levels and pri...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25087
Background and Aim: Vertebroplasty (VP) and balloon kyphoplsty (BKP) are widely used to treat patients in whom the pain, arising from vertebral body fracture(s), is refractory to conservative treatment(s). Currently, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) bone cement is the cement of c...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/30112
Aims: To determine the psychological profile of archers among undergraduate students from public universities. Study Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional multi-centre study. Setting: Archers in four Malaysian public Universities. Participants: A total of 150 archers active in thi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28956
In modern era, dental implant supported prosthesis is first choice of the many patients and clinicians. Before going to opt the dental implant for patient, assessment of bone is prime requisite of clinician. It requires extensive radiographic examinations. In these days, many ima...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28115
Background: Some studies have noted an association between family history of diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in childhood. Aim: To determine the prevalence rate of the metabolic syndrome in adolescents with familial history of early onset (T2DM) and BMI < 95th percent...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26276
A systematic harvesting of hematopoietic progenitor cells for transplant purpose in oncology begun in Friuli Venetia Giulia (FVG), a region of north east Italy, at the end of 2000. The actual economic crisis in Italy and in all Europe slows down number births and the cord blood r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29751