This study established the place of location (a binary variable) as a mediating variable in the relationship between income and savings of middle income earners in Etsako East and West Local Government Areas of Edo State Nigeria. Due to distinct variability of the population and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/27707
Mainasara Abdullah Sulaiman, Dahiru Shafi’u Gumel, Umar Zayyanu Usman, Anaja Peter Ocheni, Yakubu Abdulmumini, Rosemary Nwaelugo Adanze & Yeldu Mohammed Haruna·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2016
Leptin is a peptide hormone produced mainly by white adipose cells. It helps to regulate appetite, fat stores and predispose individual to type 2 diabetes mellitus and its complications. We aim to establish the variations in serum levels of Leptin in subject with type 2 diabetic...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/29570
Genotoxic effect of aqueous leaf extract of Neem (Azadirachta indica) NZI, Alomo bitters alcoholic drink (ABAD) and cosmetics (Baby-face facial cleanser, BFFC; Peau clair body lotion, PCBL and Vanilla essence roll-on, VERO) were assessed using Allium test. The root tips were trea...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2016/29042
Mining of solid minerals has been a long time primary activity in Nigeria. The paper has reviewed a number of related works and discovered that mining of metallic minerals, particularly tin, columbite, iron ore and lead as well as mineral fuel like coal is on the increase in rece...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/26855
This study explored the opportunity offered by geospatial technology to delineate the watershed draining surface water into Opa River, Southwest Nigeria and its tributaries using a selected outlet downstream of Opa reservoir and then carried out extraction of hydrologic character...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/29267
Aims: Liquidambar formosana Hance is of great an ornamental and economic arbor. Its’ various organs, such as the gum, fruits, barks, and leaves have a great medicinal value and commonly used in the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetic industries. Currently, several studies aimed at...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/29440
The Indian bull frog, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus Daudin, 1803 and Asian common toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus Schneider, 1799 are frequently found to be infected with the proteocephalid cestodes. The seasonal dynamics of the Proteocephalus sp. was studied in both amphibians durin...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/29053
The paper aims to investigate the price setting behavior of Vietnamese firms, by analyzing the results of a price survey. We find that it is costly and difficult for firms to discover their competitors’ prices, because of differentiation. The majority of firms review and change t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2016/29823
This study examined the long run and causal relationship between public expenditure and economic growth in South Africa from 1980 to 2014. The authors employed co integration test, vector error correction mechanism and Granger causality test in estimation of the variables specifi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2016/29677
The present study aimed to screen biosurfactant producing microorganisms isolated from different Egyptian samples viz. soil sample contaminated with oil from fuel station, soil sample contaminated with kerosene from classic bread oven, samples from wall of drainage tube of kitche...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/28437
Hybrid vigor expression in rice was studied for some agronomic traits in 15 hybrids involving six parents using half diallel mating design. Analysis of variance showed significant differences in parent's vs crosses for all studied traits. The high manifestation of heterosis for g...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/29742
The present study was undertaken to isolate and molecularly and phylogenetically characterize a Sweet potato leaf curl virus isolate infecting sweet potato plants in Giza governorate in Egypt. The virus was isolated from infected plants showing leaf curl symptoms using non-viruli...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/29263
Field experiment was carried out during 2015-2016 in rainfed condition at Indian Cardamom Research Institution (ICRI), Regional Research Station, Spices Board Research farm at Kabi, North Sikkim, India. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design, with eight treatme...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/28710
The performance and carcass characteristics of West African dwarf (WAD) sheep fed Panicum maximum supplemented with Moringa oleifera, Gliricidia sepium or cassava fodder, were investigated in a randomized complete block and completely randomized design experiments respectively. T...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/25167
Wang Hao, Zhan Jianbo, Yu Jiang, Yu Yao, Cheng Liang, Yu Zhenhua, Zhang Ying, Li Gen, Yue Baoshan, Li Muyan, Ji Yafeng, He Danfeng, Chen Chen, Fu Rongrong, Wang Xiuxiu, Zan Na, Perin Deniz, Zheng Han, Ding Wei, Zhang Jing, Yu Tingting, Xie Jiao, Wang Tao, Gong Weimin, Gui Yongfa, Ding Haiyan, Li Liwei, Li Zhiqiang, Gao Li & Li Tinghua·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2016
Influence of cigarette draw resistance between 860-1130Pa on Benz [a] Pyrene in mainstream cigarette smoke was carried out, and contribution to cigarette hazard index was also studied. The experimental results showed that the contribution degree of is uniform, which is different...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/28737