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The Advantages of Reserve Officer Training Unit (ROTU)’s Activities to Future TVET Teachers

Mohamad Hisyam Mohd. Hashim · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2016

Reserve Officer Training Unit (ROTU) is one of the co-curriculums activities that created only by public higher education institutions in Malaysia. The main objective of the establishment ROTU is to provide highly skilled and qualified personnel for conducting the reserve team of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARJASS/2016/27125

Superharmonic Solutions of Order (2,3) to a MEMS Governed the Motion of a TM-AFM Cantilever

A. M. Elnaggar, K. M. Khalil & A. S. Rahby · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2016

The superharmonic solutions of a weakly nonlinear second order differential equation governed the dynamic behavior of a microcantilever based on TM (Tapping mode) AFM (Atomic force microscopy) are studied analytically by applying the method of multiple scales (MMS). The modulatio...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2016/28140

Participatory Budgeting as an Approach to Public Accountability: The Quest for Grass-root Institutional Strategy at Local Governance

A. N. M. Zakir Hossain · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

Participation of citizen is crucial for development (of) and democracy. It is recognized by world scholar that citizen participation has a positive effect on the quality of democracy. This study examines the relation between participatory budgeting and public accountability for t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27286

Review of an Application of Trips Agreement in Rwanda Industrial Property Protection: Trademark Aspects

Hategekimana Uzziel & Gasheja Faustin · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

TRIPs agreement on industrial property part provides for intellectual property rights aspects as reflected in terms of patents, trademarks, industrial designs, utility models, service marks, trade names, geographical indication and repression of unfair competition. Rwanda became...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/28002

In vitro Cytotoxic Effects and Antibacterial Activity of Moroccan Medicinal Plants Aristolochia longa and Lavandula multifida

M’hamed Aneb, Ahmed Talbaoui, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Houria EL Boury, Saaïd Amzazi, Abdelaziz Benjouad, Nadia Dakka & Youssef Bakri · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2016

Aims: The aim of this study was the evaluation of in vitro cytotoxic and antibacterial activities of organic extracts from Aristolochia longa and Lavandula multifida. Study Design: Evaluation of in vitro cytotoxic and antibacterial activities of extracts. Place and Duration of St...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2016/28534

Neuropharmacological Activities of Ethanolic Extract of Cola millenii Dried Leaf in Rats

Idris Ajayi Oyemitan, Fatimat Kolawole, Luqman Abass & Adebola Omowumi Oyedeji · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2016

Objective: The leaf of Cola millenii is used in ethnomedicine to treat several ailments including; infections, fever and pain among several other diseases in Southwest Nigeria. Preliminary report indicates that the ethanolic leaf extract of this plant exhibits some central nervou...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2016/28718

Analysis of the Performance of Rwanda Trade in Services and Regional Integration

Hategekimana Uzziel & Gasheja Faustin · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

Rwanda as a least developed country is in economic transformation process for which it aimed at moving from agrarian based economy to knowledge and private sector led economy thereby agricultural labor intensive activities get replaced by industry and service dominance. With econ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/28001

Plasmid Profile Analysis and Curing of Multidrug-resistant Bacteria Isolated from Two Hospital Environments in Calabar Metropolis, Nigeria

Elizabeth N. Mbim, Clement I. Mboto & Uwem O. Edet · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2016

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the plasmid profile and curing of environmental isolates from General and Infectious Disease hospitals showing multi-drug resistance. Methods: Isolates were obtained from air and surfaces of two hospitals using standard micr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2016/28587

Phytochemical Screening, Nutrient Analysis and Antimicrobial Activity of the Leaves of Lasianthera africana and Dennettia tripetala on Clinical Isolates

R. U. B. Ebana, N. U. Asamudo, C. A. Etok, U. O. Edet & C. S. Onyebuisi · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2016

The spate of resistance to conventional antibiotics is becoming worrisome. As alternatives, plants are investigated for bioactive components with antimicrobial activity. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the nutrients and anti-nutrients composition, phytochemical...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JABB/2016/28291

Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Urinary Escherichia coli from Outpatients with Community Acquired Urinary Tract Infections, Report from Tertiary Health Care Center, Egypt

Ghada El-Saeed Mashaly · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infections at the community setting. Escherichia coli are the main agent of UTIs. Antibacterial resistance spreads rapidly among community acquired urinary E. coli. Objectives: The aim of this prospective study w...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27150

Biocontrol of Fusarium wilt of cucumber with Trichoderma longibrachiatum NGJ167 (Rifai)

T. Kehinde Kareem, O. Esther Ugoji & O. Olusimbo Aboaba · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Aim: This research investigated the use of Trichoderma longibrachiatum NGJ167 (Rifai) as a biocontrol agent of Fusarium wilt in cucumber varieties (Ashley and Marketmoor) both in the screenhouse and on the field. Study Design: The screenhouse experiment was laid down in a Complet...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/28208

Analysis of Forecasting Methods as a Tool for Information Structuring in Science Research

Olga Popova, Boris Popov, Vladimir Karandey & Marina Evseeva · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2016

Aims: To study forecasting methods so as to identify a general approach to information structuring and to choose the most efficient and approximated to natural intelligence method. Study Design: logical experiment that reveals the advantages and disadvantages of the forecasting m...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2016/26353

Comparative Study of Blood Culture and Widal Agglutination Test from the Patients Suspected of Enteric Fever

Preety Chaudhary, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Anshu Kumari Chaudhary, Shashi Bhushan Chaturwedi & Anima Shrestha · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Aims: This study was performed to identify the enteric fever cases by both blood culture and Widal agglutination test and compare the results obtained from both methods. Study Design: This research was carried out as hospital based descriptive cross-sectional study. Methods: Bloo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26141

Agricultural Extension in the Facilitation of Improved Sugarcane Productivity among Small Scale Growers in Swaziland: A Swot Analysis

Mbuyazwe M. Dlamini & Steven H. Worth · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2016

Sugarcane production especially among the small scale growers in the rural areas of Swaziland has continued to be an area of great concern not only to the sugar industry but also to the country’s economy as a whole mainly due to its continued downward trend in terms of productivi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAEES/2016/27094

Growth and Development Response of Kale (Brassica oleracea var. Acephala L.) Seedlings to Different Commercial Growing Media

Otsoseng Oagile, Onica Ramalekane, Witness Mojeremane, Christinah Matsuane, Gabatshele M. Legwaila & Thembinkosi Mathowa · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2016

The study was carried out at Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) formerly Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA) under an 80% net shade house to evaluate the response of kale (Brassica oleracea var Acephala) to different commercial growing media compris...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJPSS/2016/28556