The present study was carried out to determine the anti-termitic activity of four plants essential oils (Monondora myristica seed, Piper umbellatum seed, Pinus sylvestry leaves and Piper nigrum seed) from Nigeria against Macrotermes subhyalinus (Rambus). The essential oils were e...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/24199
Stephen Adesope Adesina, Isaac Olusayo Amole, Olufemi Timothy Awotunde, Samuel Uwale Eyesan, Adewumi Ojeniyi Durodola, Adenike Adeniran & David Akintayo Olaolorun·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2016
Aims: The aim of this case series is to draw attention to the influence of family structure on the patronage of traditional bonesetters and the frequent occurrence of bonesetter’s gangrene in children being raised in the absence of their biological fathers. Presentation of Case: ...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/24242
The link between blood group Rhesus antigens and different malaria parasites as well as the prevalence of other Plasmodium species were studied among adults in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Thick blood smears and filter paper blood spots were made from finger prick for microscopy and m...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23211
This study evaluates the institutional support for youth agribusiness cooperative development and management in Oyo State, Nigeria. Specifically, this study described the socio-economic characteristics of the youth, measures their perception towards agribusiness, and identified t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/22323
This paper presents an investigation of the effect of penstock configuration with regards to area reduction on the performance of a simplified Pico-hydro system currently undergoing development. The system explores the utilization of the head developed by pumping water into an ov...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23996
In this study, Probiotic Yoghurt (PY) was produced by adding skimmed milk powder (5% w/v) and probiotic culture (7% w/v) (Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Streptococcus thermophilus and Bifidobacterium ssp.) to heat-treated camels (Camelus dromedarius) milk. S...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23683
Currently, research in robotic vision faces numerous challenges, predominantly because of noisy sensor input and the processor hungry practices of object detection. Conventional machine vision algorithms are unable to handle real-time scenarios efficiently because they mostly rel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23619
The interests toward developing accurate automatic face emotion recognition methodologies are growing vastly, and it is still one of an ever growing research field in the region of computer vision, artificial intelligent and automation. However, there is a challenge to build a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/23090
Acid reaction and nutritional imbalances, mainly low levels of plant available phosphorus (P) are often limiting factors of soil fertility in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). The aim of this study was testing the impact of ameliorative P fertilization on soil properties and stat...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24065
A field experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, during the period from February 2012 to May 2012 to investigate the effect of four different doses of phosphorus (0, 20, 40 and 60 kg ha-1 ) and boron (0, 1.0, 1.5 a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/23559
Complexes of Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+ and Hg2+ with malonyl- and succinoyl bis(2,3-butanedionehydrazone) [MBH, SBH] have been synthesized and characterized. Single crystal of SBH was found monoclinic with space group of P121/c14. The MBH complexes have the formulae: [Co(MBH)C...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22592
Indicator is one of the solution which is of great importance in volumetric analysis. Different flower extract were tested to see their effectiveness and how they can be used as substitute to synthetic indicators, because of their hazardous effect on to the environment and cost....
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/23058
Conventional cooking is just enough for rice hunger but, aromatic rice adds special dimension when cooked for its characteristic distinct flavor. Investigation aimed to evaluate the performance of most preferable aromatic rice cultivars in Bangladesh. Five cultivars differ signif...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/23009
Zygophyllum coccineum is very common plant in the limestone wadies and plains of the Eastern (Arabian) desert of Egypt and shows wide soil range. The present study provides an analysis of floristic composition and vegetation types of Z. coccineum at 60 sites in coastal and inland...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/22640
A study was conducted to determine the response of Leucaena seedlings planted in two variant agro-climatic regions, Chepkoilel Campus and Maseno in Kenya. The experiment was a 2-factor (provenance – site) split plot design with five replications. Three provenances were randomly a...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/23489