Information on critical concentration and optimum rates of fertilizers is very important in the correction of sulphur (S) and zinc (Zn) deficiencies. A study was carried in the screen house experiments to establish optimum rates and critical concentrations of sulphur and zinc in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25567
Introduction: Health literacy is defined as the ability to access, understand, evaluate and communicate information as a way to promote, maintain and improve health in a variety of settings across the whole duration of the person’s life. Effective health literacy begins in early...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/25737
Some nonfused biheterocyclic system derivatives containing a combination of 1,3,4-thiadiazole and pharmacophores such as 1,3,4-oxadiazole and/or pyrazoles in the same molecule were obtained based on 2-((5-(alkylthio)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)thio)acetohydrazide. The synthesized comp...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/26657
Majority of the rural farmers in Nigeria supplement their livelihoods with goods and services within and around their farmlands. Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are harvested for their subsistence and commercial use and forms an inherent part of rural economy which helps them...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/26117
Nwachinemere Davidson Uleanya, Elias Chikee Aniwada, Lawson Nwokedi Igbokwe, Chinyere Cecilia Okeke, Stanley Obinna Nwoha & Christopher Ndukife Obionu·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Background: Obesity results mainly from changes in diet and physical activity and currently being regarded as a global epidemic. It comes at a cost, affecting physical, social and psychological health and having deleterious impact on psychological development, academic and social...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26219
Background: Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 (DMT1) is a chronic, debilitating and multifactor disease that is emerging as an important health problem in Sudan. The aim of this study was to investigate the lung functions in Sudanese children and adolescents as well as to explore the effe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26378
Aims: To determine the phytochemical content, proximate and mineral analysis of neem leaves. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was carried out in the Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Bosso Campus, Niger State. from March 2013 to July,...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/25191
The manganese, Zinc and chloride content in milk of West African dwarf (WAD) goats as influenced by stage of lactation was assessed using three WAD does aged 18 months of age, weighing from 19 to 20 Kg. They were kept for lactation studies lasting for two 10-weeks periods. Indivi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/25927
Aims: Is building a model for assessing students’ research competence. Study Design: Experimental testing of the assessment model for students’ research competence. Place and Duration of Study: Students (n=648, 2009, 2010 и 2011 enrolment years) at technical university – Kuban St...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26339
Arsenic and lead have been reported to have toxic effect on human and animal health. Wooden electric and telephone poles have been known to be treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) in an effort to preserve them from decay, termites, insects, and rot. Thus, those who work o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26255
Background: Clarithromycin is the most commonly recommended antibiotic in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication regimens, but the prevalence of clarithromycin-resistant H. pylori is increasing. Clarithromycin-resistance is associated with mutations in the 23S rRNA gene. The...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26157
Aims: To characterize betel leaf farmers and compare their socioeconomic attributes with non-betel leaf farmers in the Teknaf peninsula, Bangladesh. Study Design: Primary data were used in this study, which were collected by using a structured interview schedule. Information on s...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/25538
Under-sampling becomes the current situation for an increasing part of biodiversity surveys, as more and more speciose assemblages and increasingly complex taxonomic groups are progressively addressed. Accordingly, (i) extrapolating the Species Accumulation Curve and (ii) estimat...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/26387
Aims: As motor vehicle volumes increase around the globe, further pressure is placed on limited financial budgets to fund projects that address traffic congestion on the road networks. This research aims at studying the traffic impact and financial resulted from the traffic conge...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/26153
This study examined the implications of rising public debt on unemployment in Nigeria (1980-2015) using the auto regressive distributed lag model and Wald test econometric analytic tools. The findings of the study indicate a long run relationship between the dependent and indepen...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJASS/2016/26394