The objective of this paper is to discuss the consequences of space industrialization. Initially, the purpose of space industrialization is to find new sources of energy. If, this quest is successful, there will be an unlimited supply of energy for the planet at prices equivalent...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24191
The oil palm leaf miner, Coelaenomenodera elaeidis is one of the most destructive pests of the oil palm in Nigeria. It was reared on an artificial diet through all its developmental stages in the entomology laboratory of the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research between July a...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/22503
Aims: Investigate the genetic diversity and structure of 50 Sorghum accessions from 10 different regions in Sudan and one from the county of Central Equatoria in the Republic of South Sudan, by screening 40 RAPD and 10 ISSR (Inter-simple sequence repeat) markers. Study Design: UP...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/22735
This study evaluated and compared the serum levels of testosterone in male and female subjects aged 6—10 years. It also assessed the number of children among the subjects who could be potential candidates for precocious puberty based on their hormone levels. Male subjects in the...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/22543
Taming river flow to facilitate irrigation support for agriculture begets a group of beneficiaries and a group of sufferers. While implementations of such large scale projects are taking place by taming the natural resource hydrology, the economics of net welfare gain must be met...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/22827
The study was aimed at examining and determining the effects of adoption of the recommended cassava production practices (RCPPs) on the yield and income benefit among farmers; as well as the constraints faced by farmers in adoption of the recommended practices. The study used a m...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/22088
Background: On account of the limitations of creatinine, attention has focused in recent years on cystatin C, a small protein, to be the best marker of renal function evaluation. However data by race, particularly among African black populations are rare or missing. Aim of this s...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/23293
Investigation was carried out to assess the potential of some fungal species to tolerate and grow in biomassin vitro in the presence of some heavy metals (HMs) (Pb, Zn, Cr and Cd) from Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) effluent. This was done by subjecting all the...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22728
Aims: To study the prevalence of MDR and ESBL producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella oxytocaand perform RAPD (Random amplified polymorphic DNA) by optimizing PCR among isolated ESBL producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. Place and Duration of Study: This study was done to asses...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23376
The study was aimed at investigating the heavy metal tolerance profile among bacteria from auto-mechanic workshop and pristine soil samples. Auto-mechanic workshop and pristine soil environments were randomly sampled within Calabar Metropolis. The research was undertaken within a...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23597
The chemical constituents of essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the leaves of Ehretia cymosa are being reported. The essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation in a Clevenger-type apparatus and analyzed by gas chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography coup...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24240
Storage of fresh roots of two sweetpotato varieties (Apomuden and Okumkom) for up to 12 weeks was conducted from January to March, 2011 (minor cropping season) and from August to October, 2012 (major cropping season) using three storage methods by pit, ash, and grass. Roots were...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/23038
Inhibitory activity of crude extract of cysteine protease inhibitors from Calotropis procera against Plasmodium berghei infected mice was investigated. Various extracts obtained from the leaves, roots, flowers, latex and stem bark of Calotropis procera using different extraction...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/22866
Aims: To evaluate the spray droplet size spectra of several different agricultural spray nozzles using laser diffraction technology. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service Aerial Applica...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23785
The complexes obtained were characterized by solubility in methanol, acetone, ethanol and distilled water in which only the cobalt complex is soluble in hot acetone and methanol. Melting points of the complexes were 270°C and 251°C for the Cu and Co complexes, respectively. The c...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/24042