Aim: The present study was conducted to evaluate the antifungal activity of camel faeces on some pathogenic fungi. Study Design: This is a descriptive evaluation study. Methodology: Camel faeces was extracted following Harborne method using organic solvents. Organic extracts besi...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/24744
Aim: An attempt has been made to document the ethnobotanical values of the fruits of G. xanthochymus in and around the Similipal Biosphere Reserve (SBR) forest and evaluate the nutritional, phytochemical and antimicrobial potential of fruit extracts of G....
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/25244
O. T. Agbebi, C. J. Echefu, I. O. Adeosun, A. H. Ajibade, E. A. Adegbite, A. O. Adebambo, M. B. Ilori, S. O. Durosaro & A. B. Ajibike·Biotechnology Journal International·2016
Aim: The aims are to study the genetic diversity and population structure of Tilapia fish species in Nigeria using mtDNA D-loop region and time divergence of these various groups of fish to give a baseline information for fish management and conservation programs. Methodology: B...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/25470
This research aimed at investigating the focal depth, time and magnitude implication of earthquakes associated with the oceanic ridges. Oceanic ridges studied in this research were Mid Atlantic Ridge, Chile Ridge and Pacific ridge. The data were extracted from the earthquake cata...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20048
Background: Human fertility is a function of a variety of factors and a proper understanding of these would be of paramount importance in tackling the problem of population explosion. Determination of the desired number of children is one of the most controversial aspects of fert...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/25613
Objective: International Medical School at Management and Science University (MSU) adopted an integrated systemic curriculum in 2011. The current study aimed to evaluate 2nd-year medical students’ feedback on teaching fundamental pharmacology in an integrated course. Study Design...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/25258
Aims: To improve the knowledge and practice of integrated agriculture (specifically rice-cum-fish) in the face of declining land availability and increasing food demand. Study Design: Experimental study design. Place and Duration of Study: Akperan Orshi College of Agriculture, Ya...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24626
José Policarpo Miranda Junior, Ryan da Silva Ramos & Sheylla Susan Moreira da Silva de Almeid Silva de Almeid·Chemical Science International Journal·2016
Aims: The purpose of this research was to perform the physical and chemical study of the composition and the quality of the fillet of Hoplias malabaricus (Traíra) and Leporinus friderici (Bloch, 1794) collected in Pirativa River-Santana-Ap. Study Design: This study was chosen in...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/18346
Agriculture is the main source of soil degradation processes in Bulgaria. Therefore, soil improvement is an important task. The possibilities for using composted either municipal waste or residues from biogas production for soil improvement in Bulgaria, suggested by the developme...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/25217
Aims: To describe health status, knowledge and quality of life among patients with diabetes mellitus attending a tertiary hospital in the capital of Malawi. Study Design: A cross-sectional observational study among randomly selected adult patients with diabetes. Place and Duratio...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25601
Aims: This research work was conducted for isolation and molecular detection of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) virus from the field samples, development of inactivated trivalent FMD vaccine, and determination of antibody titer in vaccinated cattle. Methodology: A total of 10 sample...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25870
Vertisols are one of the most fertile soils in the tropics but crop production is often limited by physical features related to shrink-swell movement under different moisture conditions making management strategies mostly tilted towards soil moisture control. However, most crops...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/24906
Terrain analysis is useful in so many areas ranging from military operations to landuse and agricultural planning, urban planning, forestry management, drainage, hydrology and site suitability assessment of agricultural, settlement, industrial and transportation projects. Gombe S...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/22674
Kochia plant adapting to extreme environmental factors provide an important part of forage requirements for livestock grazing in arid and semi-arid regions. Many wild Kochia species are undervalued mainly because of insufficient knowledge about their potential feeding value, yiel...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25315
Nine isolates of Lasiodiplodia theobromae were collected from cashew inflorescences showing typical symptoms of dieback disease in nine different farms belonging to various cashew growing ecologies of Nigeria. The result revealed that most of the L. theobromae isolates exhibited...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/18047