Most problems of soil pollution are associated with large amount of heavy metals deposited on it through disposed waste. This study was carried out to assess heavy metals (Fe, Zn, Pb, Cu and Cd) in soil samples around metal scrap dumps at Araromi vicinities of Akure South Local G...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/23363
The history of science is one based on revolutions and discourse where a new paradigm arrives challenging the status quo with the promise of progress and if the evidence is there to justify paradigm shift on the basis of that promise the consensus will be to shift paradigms. Appa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24697
This study examined the financial efficiency and constraints faced by smallholder cotton farmers in some selected districts in the Northern Region of Ghana. Multistage sampling approach was employed to solicit cross-sectional data from 150 smallholder cotton farmers in three sele...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24728
H. Eneroth, L. Abramsson Zetterberg, C. Andersson, W. Becker, P. O. Darnerud, A. Glynn, R. Lindqvist, S. Sand & N. G. Ilbäck·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2016
Background: Assessments of food-related health risks and benefits performed by national or international experts are still to a large extent separate processes. Diets, foods, and even single food ingredients, may potentially be associated with both beneficial and adverse health e...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2016/24207
The endocrine disrupting substances represent major challenge to aquaculture and the most widespread one is 4-nonylphenol (4-NP). Pyrazole possess an interesting broad spectrum of pharmacological actions. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the therapeutic potential...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/24384
Controversial results regarding the association of e NOS gene polymorphisms with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) have been reported up to now, there has been conflicting data regarding the association between two clinically relevant polymorphisms (T-786C) in the promoter region and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/23818
Inlet air chilling system has been widely used in recent years as a method of the gas turbine (GT) power augmentation in power plants. In this paper, thermodynamic modeling of inlet chilling system had been studied in order to improve the performance of the two units of gas turbi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26252
Aim: The aim of this work was to study the genetic parameters of fruits, seeds and oil content of Jatropha curcas accessions in a semi-arid region of Senegal. Methodology: The study was conducted on 35 accessions of J. curcas planted at the research station of National School of...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/15139
Aims: Experimental animal models have demonstrated inhibition of intimal hyperplasia processes by heparin. These effects have not been observed in clinical trials. Diverging experimental conditions are the most conspicuous reasons. This study was designed to test if heparin inhib...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24646
Objective: To investigate the correlation of pericardial fluid and serum NT-proBNP levels in patients during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Study Design: Crossectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: This study was conducted over a period of one year from March 2...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24325
Eosin B dye is usually used for staining in biology; the stain is harmful if swallowed, smelt, or absorbed through skin. Some researchers have tried to remove it by adsorption, but few have attempted for a complete degradation. In this study, cobalt doped iron oxide (Co-Fe2O3) po...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/23648
In the logistic regression, it is known that multicollinearity affects the variance of Maximum Likelihood Estimator (MLE). To overcome this issue, several researchers proposed alternative estimators when exact linear restrictions are available in addition to sample model. In this...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24585
This study compared the performance of some robust regression methods and the Ordinary Least Squares Estimator (OLSE). The estimators were compared using varied levels of leverages and vertical outliers in the predictors and the dependent variables. An anthropometric dataset on t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24281
Aims: The aim of this exploratory study was to evaluate whether significant deficiencies in the prostatic tissue levels of Ca and Mg, as androgen dependent chemical elements, and Br, K, Mn, and Na, as androgen independent chemical elements, exist in patients with BPH. Methodology...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/24747
This paper investigates the effect of trade receivables and inventory management on SMEs profitability in Malaysia. 66 sample of SMEs Manufacturing covering from 2006-2012 was used for the analysis. Ordinary least square (OLS) regression is used to estimate the relationship betwe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24507