The main objective of this investigation was to study the effects of deficit irrigation (I) at flowering stage, genotype (G) and G × I interaction on maize grain quality and yield traits of 6 inbred lines and their 15 diallel crosses. The parents and F1's were evaluated in two se...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/23570
Aims: This study examined changes in soil properties under different fallow ages within the forest-savanna boundary in southwest Nigeria. Study Design: The study area was covered with grid lines of 2 km2 with numbered quadrants. Ten quadrants were randomly selected as sampling si...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/23551
Objective: The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of active and passive smoking on the urinary concentration of 1 hydroxyl pyrene, oxidative stress and renal activity in male subjects. Methods: Urine samples each of forty active and passive smokers including fo...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/23966
Araz Boghozian, Chris W. Draper, Jose D. Jimenez, Jesus Rodriguez, Menooa Zohrabian, Lihua Zhang & Yong X. Gan·Physical Science International Journal·2016
The hyperthermia properties of nanomaterials have received attention in recent years due to the advances in nanofiber production. One of the main proponents is the medical field where it is used to combat malignant cancer cells. In this work we confirmed that a polymer solution c...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/23331
A comprehensive neutronics analysis using VENTURE-PC and SCALE 6.1 computer codes system has been performed for the core conversion study of Nigeria Research Reactor-1 (NIRR-1). The computed reactor core physics parameters include: group neutron fluxes profiles, power density dis...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/23545
The effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in deionized water, normal saline and phosphate buffered solution were investigated based on culture-dependent growth response. After 6 h incubation in phosphate buffered solution, the 10, 100 a...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23252
Background: Chlamydia trachomatis is a well- known sexually transmitted bacteria that is capable of damaging female reproductive tract leading to infertility. Chlamydia trachomatis infection in men can mechanically hinder sperm from reaching female reproductive tract. Aim: The ai...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23106
Objectives: This study aims at studying the effect of adult obesity on immunologic profile and susceptibility to microbial infections. Materials and Methods: This work was applied on 50 obese subjects visited to the Nutrition Center of Marjan hospital in Babylon province-Iraq fro...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23752
The main objective of this paper is to formulate an epidemiological model using fractional order derivatives which has an advantage over the classical integer order models due to its memory effect property. Our mathematical formulation of the non-integer order initial value probl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/23017
Primary hypothyroidism may present with myriad of unusual presentation apart from typically described signs and symptoms. We report an unusual case of primary hypothyroidism clinically presenting as acute psychosis and radiologically mimicking as pituitary macroadenoma. A 19-year...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23244
Lymphatic malformation (lymphangioma) is an uncommon benign vascular tumour with unknown etiology, which is rarely seen in the abdomen. Clinically it may present with acute abdominal pain requiring surgery and may mimic many other intrabdominal emergencies. A case of a mesenteric...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23864
Forest resources has experienced natural and anthropogenic pressure various adverse effects manifested by their continued degradation over the years in the district of Gaoua. This degradation is continuing in spite of policies and many investments aiming at changing this dynamics...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/23091
This study examined the trade openness and government Expenditure nexus in Nigeria over the period 1980-2013. To analyze the relationship among openness, recurrent expenditure, capital expenditure, total expenditure and exchange rate we adopted ARDL modelling approach to cointegr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/20202
Aim: To investigate the formation of Maillard reaction products (MRPs) during 28 days storage of the two most consumed brands (B1, B2) of gruel products on the Swedish market. Methodology: The MRPs; furfural, 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF), N-(1-Carboxyethyl)-L-Lysine (CEL), N-(1...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2016/19150
Quality control is an essential operation of the pharmaceutical industry. It is the monitoring process which encompassing specifications, inspections, analysis and recommendations. The appropriate design and formulation of a dosage form requires discretion of the physical, chemic...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/22675