Inherent low soil nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) is one of the major hindrances of increased soybean productivity in Malawian soils. Although, inoculation of legumes with rhizobia, has been advocated for decades as a way of boosting leguminous crops’ productivity through biologi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24905
Four levels of aluminium activity (0, 5, 50 and 300 μMAl3+) were used to screen soybean seedlings in hydroponics for 3 days (3D) and 13 days (13D). The objective of the research was to determine genetic variation for aluminium stress tolerance in seedlings (primary root length, r...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25902
Aim: To explore the possibility of using Mango (Mangifera indica) seed kernel as an alternative to glucose in the production of biodegradable plastic (polyhydroxyalkanoate) using soil isolated Bacillus megaterium. Study Design: Experimental design. Place and Duration of Study: Th...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/25112
Seven novel 2-amino-6-oxo-3-(piperidinylamidino)-4-aryl-6,7-dihydro-pyrano[2,3-d]-5,7-thiazol derivatives, which are different with the products of 2-amino-3-cyano-6-oxo-4-aryl-6,7-dihydro-pyrano[2,3-d]-5,7-thiazol derivatives in the conventional heating conditions, were synthesi...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/25957
This study investigated the possibility of achieving a low carbon development in Nigeria through the application of some sustainable strategies. The investigation was through a review of some low carbon policies applied in some country’s cases. The strategies were then explored t...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24889
The aim of this study is to know teachers’ opinions on antisocial behaviour in the classroom and its effect on pupils. Our sample was made up of 493 secondary and primary school teachers in the Valencia Community (Spain), and the research instrument was a questionnaire elaborated...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/25388
The study investigated the effects of individualised and cooperative reflective journal writing strategies on secondary school students’ achievement in Biology. The study adopted a pretest- posttest, control group, quasi-experimental design of a 3x3x2 factorial matrix. The partic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/24699
Aims: Blackflies of the Simulium damnosum complex are the principal vectors of Onchocerca volvulus, the causative agent of Onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Nigeria and other West African countries. They therefore constitute serious public health and socio-economic problems in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25858
Ergot of Rye is a plant disease caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea which infects the grains of cereals and grasses but it is being used for ages for its medicinal properties. All the naturally obtained ergot alkaloids contain tetracyclic ergoline ring system, which makes the...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/25975
Aims: To evaluate the antimicrobial activity of Crassocephalum vitellinum (Benth), Euphorbia hirta (L), Cupressus lusitanica (Mill), Euphorbia inaquilatera (Sond), Ajuga remota (Benth) and Lantana camara (linn) extracts against six Gram negative bacterial strains and two fungal s...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/23458
In this article, we introduced the concept of (F, f)-contraction and the concept of generalized (F, f)-contractions on a Gp-metric space. Furthermore, we obtained some common fixed point results for two Banach pairs of mappings which satisfy (F, f)-contraction and the generalized...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/25573
A class of more general HIV infection models with time delay is proposed based on some important biological meanings. The e ect of time delay on stability of the equilibria of the infection model has been studied. Sensitivity analysis is performed on a delay differential equation...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/25238
This paper focuses on structural factors for students’ loans recovery at the higher education loans board (HELB) of Kenya. The structural factors examined included penalty waiver, abandonment of projected interest in loans, listing loan defaulters in Credit Referencing Bureaus (C...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24892
Aim: This study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of the volatile oil of Phyllanthus muellerianus leaves against Klebsiella granulomatis and its inhibitory effect partially on the purified and characterized extracellular protease of this bacteria. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/24781
This research work was carried out to determine the concentration of Cu, Mn, Pb and Fe in maize flour milled by different types of milling plates in Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria. Three different types of milling plates with the trade names GUK (Gibraltar upgrade kit), Parpela and Premi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/21681