This article numerically studies the influence of Buoyancy effects and thermal radiation of the nonlinear MHD flow with heat and mass transfer characteristics of an incompressible, viscous, electrically conducting and Boussinesq fluid along a permeable vertical stretching sheet....
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/29107
Background: Candida infection has been shown to be a source of morbidity in pregnancy and in immunocompromised individuals due to elaboration of virulence factors. Study Design: The study was designed to identify various Candida species that were isolated from the vaginal and oro...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29386
This study evaluates the level of cognitive engagement in English class among secondary school students of International Islamic School in Gombak, Malaysia. Specifically, the objective of this research is to appraise the students' commitments in English class by observing their l...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/29456
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an emerging technology for performing high-resolution cross-sectional imaging. OCT is analogous to ultrasound imaging, except that it uses light instead of sound. OCT can provide cross-sectional images of tissue structure on the micron scale ...
Jatropha curcas L (J. curcas) sectors are increasingly promoted in the Sahel for biofuel production. Though, our understandings on the species responses to water deficit particularly of mature trees are still sketchy. So, this study aims at investigating the effects of water defi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/29836
Aim: To investigate the effect on milk yield and composition of feeding Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) seed cake as a protein source to lactating dairy cows. Study Design: Nine multiparous Friesian dairy cows in mid-lactation were assigned to a 3 x 3 Latin square design (three repli...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/29682
A pot experiment was conducted in screen house of Faculty of Agriculture, Nasarawa State University Lafia, Nigeria during the dry season of 2014 to assess the presence of heavy metals and the effect of biochar on the concentration of these heavy metals in dumpsite soil and their...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/29948
Copepods of the genus Kroyeria Van Beneden, 1853 (Eudactylinidae) are ectoparasites of Elasmobranchs frequently infecting the gill filaments. Eudactylinid parasites were sampled from 152 milk sharks, Rhizoprionodon acutus collected from the Nellore coast, Bay of Bengal. With the...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/29012
Aims: To assess the vitamin contents in different edible parts of nine mucilaginous food plants (MFPs) consumed by the Ivorian population. Study Design: MFPs edible parts were dried and vitamin parameters analyzed. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Laborator...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/28709
This paper is a causality and impact study on financial deepening and economic growth in Nigeria for a-33-year period covering 1981 – 2013. The study used the Phillips-Peron test for unit root to ascertain whether the variables are stationary or not. The VEC residual normality te...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2016/29411
The inhibition effects of Ocimum gratissimum essential oil (OGEO) on biogenic sulphide production and biocorrosion of carbon steel by Sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) were investigated in the laboratory. SRB were isolated from injection and produced water from Bonga oilfield in N...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/28786
Edge detection is a preliminary process in many image processing and computer vision applications such as object detection and object extraction. It detects important events in the image where sharp discontinuity in pixels intensity is found. Several edge detection techniques hav...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/29653
Cotton samples were modified with the reactive composite with different methylolation percentage varying from 20 to 80%. The Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR) spectra of modified cotton fabrics have followed at each condition which had been prepared via graft copolymerization of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/28761
Bacterial infections remain a hindrance to aquaculture expansion globally. Increased fish mortality and poor performance resulting from ill health has forced farmers to resort to the use of antibiotics globally. However, prolonged use of these drugs in aquaculture is becoming res...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/29721
The instant study analyzes farmer’s perception about the livestock extension services in district Peshawar. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select three villages and proportional allocation method was utilized to select 80 dairy farmers from the three selected villages...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/28644