Aims: The study assesses the extent of lead pollution in contaminated site from artisanal gold mining for remediation purposes. Study Design: Experimental design was used in field sampling of soil and water samples based on the land use and sources of water. Study Area and Metho...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/29551
This study was designed to proposed a multivariate model of monthly mean daily Photo synthetically active radiation (PAR) from the constant ratio of the global solar radiation for six selected tropical ecological zones between 4.40°N and 13.03°N of Nigeria (Port Harcourt, Enugu,...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/27945
Aims: Worldwide, growing interest was given to find new cytotoxic agents that could be used in breast cancer treatment. In this context, we have planned to evaluate cytotoxic activity of Inula viscosa extracts, on two breast cancer cell lines. The plant was harvested in three dif...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/28340
Aim: To examine the quality of both borehole and groundwater in selected sites within the Kubwa district of Bwari Area Council, Abuja, Nigeria with regards to drinking water quality parameters and the measure of microbial load. Study Design: Collection and assessment of the water...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28462
The use of Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) precisely the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method in planning a suitable location for car parking, planners put into consideration a lot of factors. These different considerations make the planning process complex and as such t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/28596
High density polyethylene films / Doka wood dust particles composites were prepared by dissolving high density polyethylene (waste and virgin) films in toluene at 135oC with Doka wood particles. Some physical properties of the composites such as water absorption, flammability, ha...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/28784
Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is considered among the most damaging diseases of potato in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, majority of farmers visually select and save seed from harvested potato tubers and reuse the same tubers for several seasons. Latently infecte...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/28550
This research has divided the consumer shopping behaviors into pre- and post-purchase models in order to conduct a further discussion. Product attributes, gathering Electronic Word-of-Mouth (eWOM) and pre-purchase customer satisfaction are included in the pre-purchase model, and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/29187
An experiment was oversaw to assess agronomic and seed quality traits in 11 Groundnut genotypes along with one check (K 6) at Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHIATS), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh during kh...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/28193
The purpose of this study is to investigate if college students from mainland China have different learning style preferences from local college students in Hong Kong. Participants of this study were college students in Hong Kong, they include 55 (31%) local Hong Kong college stu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/29481
It is a review of some new electrodynamics models of interacting charged point particles and related with them fundamental physical aspects, motivated by the classical A. M. Amper's magnetic and H. Lorentz force laws, as well as O. Jefimenko electromagnetic field expressions. Bas...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/28935
In this research paper, measured monthly average daily radiometric data for global solar radiation on the horizontal surfaces and atmospheric parameters including relative humidity, sunshine hours, dew point temperature as well as the ambient temperatures (minimum and maximum) at...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/28446
Background: Learning styles referred to individuals’ preferred methods to gather, process, interpret, organize and analyses information. The visual, aural, read/write and kinesthetic (VARK) learning inventory developed by Neil Fleming provides learners with a profile of their pre...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29089
Aim: To evaluate the experience with Noresthisterone enanthate at the university of Port Harcourt Teaching hospital, Southern Nigeria. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of the obstetrics and gynaecology, family planning unit (FPU) between...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28173
Aim: To determine body mass index (BMI) of all hospitalized type 2 diabetic patients and its association with HbA1C value Study Design: Pilot cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medicine, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College and Hospital,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28305