Women’s reproductive rights or abortion decisions are complex and riddled with moral considerations. It is for that reason that women must be permitted to make the decision themselves. This sentiment echoes the notion that women are to be left alone with regard to their reproduct...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/28733
Background and Aims: Dealing with academic issues and subsequent stress among university students will probably result in less adaptation to society and gradually mental health problems. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between resilience and mental health...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/28885
This paper presents a hydrodynamic model of flow in a bifurcating stream, in which the effects of environmental thermal differentials are investigated. The governing nonlinear and coupled equations are solved analytically using similarity transformation and perturbation series ex...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/26430
Introduction: Hydatid cyst is the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus which develops in various human and livestock animals tissues. This hydatid cyst composed of several layers. Previous investigations have shown that the prevalence of hydatid cyst in cancer patients is sign...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27220
Visceral larva migrans (VLM) is a worldwide neglected disease, prevalent among children from socio-economically disadvantaged populations in temperate and tropical regions. Infections may go undiagnosed as the required diagnostic tests; serological, molecular and/or imaging exami...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/28780
The antioxidant potentials of Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and L-Ascorbic acid (L-AA) in CCl4-induced tissue damage were compared in adult female Wistar rats. Toxicity was induced in the animals via a single dose (i.p) of 20% 2 mL/Kg body weight (BW) of CCl4. BHT and L-ascorbic...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/16762
The experiment was carried out in peasant (local) farmers’ farms in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto to investigate the effect of long-term cultivation (involving organic fertilization) on physical properties of a sandy soil in Sokoto, Northwestern Nigeria. The experiment consi...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/27305
Aims: The antagonistic activities of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Trichoderma viride have been evaluated by a number of studies. This research work was aimed to compare the antagonistic activities of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Trichoderma viride against selected species of plant...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/28049
S. A. Lukman, M. Audu, A. U. Dikko, H. G. Ahmed, M. M. Sauwa, M. Haliru, S. S. Noma, S. A. Yusif, A. Salisu & N. G. Hayatu·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2016
This study evaluated the effect of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium (NPK 20-10-10) and cow dung on the performance of rice at two locations (Sokoto and Talata Mafara) in the Sudan savanna zone of Nigeria, during the 2012/2013 dry season. The treatments consisted of nine differe...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/27277
Aims/ objectives: We are interested in a hyperbolic phase field system of Caginalp type, parameterized by for which the solution is a function defined on (0; T)×Ω. We show the existence of the global attractor for a hyperbolic phase field system of Caginalp type, with homogenous...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/28607
Back Ground and Objectives: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a major prevalent disease worldwide associated with low grade systemic inflammation, which predisposes individuals to higher incidence of atherosclerotic complications. The pituitary hormone prolactin has recently been r...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/29218
The present study was carried out to compare the efficacy of a nematicide of new generation for the control of the false root-knot nematode; Nacobbus aberrans, in cucumber crop (Cucumis sativus L.) under field conditions. The experiment was set up under a randomized complete bloc...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/28611
Megagreen® is activated calcite of a worldwide granularity. It is an ecological foil fertilizer with a strong impact on plant resistance, it improves the fertility and health of plants resulting in an improvement of yield and plant quality. The experiment was carried out to exami...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/26902
The genetic variability and inter-relationships between yield and associated traits in some taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) genotypes were investigated in two years across two locations. The experiment was laid out as randomized complete block design with three replication...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/27053
Despite the rigorous vaccination programs, outbreaks of Newcastle disease (ND) are often reported in vaccinated as in unvaccinated flocks. This study evaluated antibody (Ab) response following vaccination against Newcastle disease in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Lagos S...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/27456