Silver nanoparticles are widely studied and the antibacterial activity is well-known. Although several methods of synthesis have been described, this article reports the simplest procedure using low cost reagents and a low consumption of energy, where silver nitrate is reduced by...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25686
This study employed excels graphic tools to model and evaluate the reliability of production system using Eleme Petrochemical in Nigeria as a case study. The mean time between failures (MTBF) is the reliability parameter used. The exponential distribution function model was used...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20813
Antimony pollution has attracted increasing attention for its toxicity. In this study, iron oxide, copper oxide and Fe-Cu binary oxide were synthesized by chemical precipitation/co-precipitation method and investigated using XRD, SEM and FTIR characterizations. Then Sb(V) removal...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/25366
This research was basically on assessing the focus levels of images from tin ball samples as an ideal test. The results and method used for the ideal test sample was then applied to real datasets of samples like the canine kidney cells that have been infected with influenza virus...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/24645
Growth response profile of three species of Pseudomonas isolated from pesticide contaminated soils within Uyo, Nigeria was studied using standard microbiological and analytical techniques. The ability of the isolates to tolerate varying concentrations of commercially available pe...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/25493
Background: The visual and auditory systems are vital for the optimal development of a child. However recent studies have shown that the incidence of visual problems in the deaf is higher than in their hearing counterparts. This study is aimed to find out if this is so in our loc...
In this paper, 2,6-di(pyridin-2-yl)pyridin-4(1H)-one was synthesized from ethyl picolinate and acetone via Kröhnke-type reaction. Initially, optimization of the reaction conditions for the synthesis of 1,5-bis(2′-bipyridyl)pentane-1,3,5-trione 2, such as the molar ratio of ethyl...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/26003
We report on twelve new records of ants species for the fauna in Asir region: Camponotus aegyptiacus, Camponotus sericeus, Camponotus xerxes, Cataglyphis bicolor, Cataglyphis fortis, Cataglyphis niger, Lepisiota opaciventris, Paratrechina longicornis, Crematogaster aegyptiaca, Cr...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/24590
Intussusception is the prolapsing of one bowel segment into another. It is a common entity in the pediatric population, but is rare in adults representing only 5% of cases. A variety of causes are attributable to this disease process, with benign lesions predominating in small bo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26246
Maryam Sheikhzade, Abolfazl Akbari, Reza Karkhaneh, Fariba Ghassemi, Abdolrahim Sadeghi, Mahshid Shahrzad Kavakani, Gholam Reza Mobini, Masoumeh Mohebbi & Mansour Heidari·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aims: Retinoblastoma is a childhood ocular tumor rapidly developing from the immature cells of the retina due to loss of functional retinoblastoma protein. Digoxin, a cardiac glycoside, has been reported to be effective in inducing apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and cytotoxic effe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25709
The prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes has been increasing rapidly worldwide. These are a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a chronic hyperglycaemic condition resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. The control of body...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25427
In the most of works, related to the thermal stability of superconductors maintained by cryogenics, the authors consider the milieu as a threadlike wire of an infinite length. The study of this unidimensional geometric milieu is characterized by some quantities of installation, t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/25585
The study aims at evaluating the impact of financial sector liberalization on the financial landscape of rural Nigeria represented by resource mobilization and allocation using time series data from 1981 to 2014. The study was motivated by the high level of financial exclusion in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24469
Background: Serum tumor markers are widely used clinically for monitoring response to therapy and detecting cancer recurrence. However, only a limited number of them have been effectively used for the early detection of cancer. Objective: To review serum tumor markers used clinic...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/24832
This study was conducted to test changes in seed storage longevity of lettuce seeds at ambient monthly mean temperatures mimicked in five different regions of Turkey, for 28 months and moisture contents of 7, 9 and 11±0.1%. Hermetically stored samples were removed from storage ev...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/25526