The paper examines hydrocarbon oil spill Cleanup and Remediation from four perspectives namely historical, regulatory, scientific, and socioeconomic considerations. The historical perspectives show a gap of 12 years between oil production and environmental policies that would gui...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/22809
This research uses participatory spatial multi-criteria analysis for the assessment and prioritization of vulnerable ecosystems wherein, protection from anthropogenic activities could help to ensure the continued provision of ecosystem services in Mezam, Cameroon. Analytic Hierar...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/22218
Aims: Investigates national environmental factors on implementing total quality environmental management (TQEM) in the Libyan food industry (LFI), in order to develop modern managerial techniques. Study Design: A questionnaire was conducted with 62 managers and 518 employees from...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/23182
Aims: To isolate and identify feather degrading bacteria from soils collected from the feather dumping site. Study Design: Isolation and preliminary identification of bacterial isolates with keratinolytic potentials. Place and Duration of Study: Mudalawal poultry processing site,...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/22082
Aims: Three cassava varieties TME 419, TMS 30572 and TMS 98/0505 were harvested at three months interval from maturity- 10, 13 and 16months. The aim was to optimize and determine the influence of experimental variables – time of harvest and cassava variety on their pasting proper...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/16792
The aim of this study was to conduct a sequential detection for the possible trends in seasonal rainfall data series using various statistical packages. Farmers in Osun basin lack adequate planning with respect to agricultural activities for its maximum productivity as rainfall t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21473
The effect of bacteria (Bacillus subtilis) on the compressive strength of laterized concrete cured in sea water was investigated. Because of the many variables involved, Taguchi method of experimental design was employed. The variables were water to binder ratio (0.45, 0.50 and 0...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/22733
The magnetic systems as retention units in overdentures are especially used in dental prosthetics designed on the appropriate endodontically treated dental root. With the rapid development of materials and technology their application with overdentures on implants is enabled. I...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/22015
Aims: To estimate the prevalence and identify risk factors of antibiotic residues in meats and eggs in Taiwan through a cross-sectional study. Methodology: From 1 Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2014, we collected 175 samples from supermarkets (eggs, n = 50; chicken meat, n = 50; pork meat, n...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21922
Congenital syphilis is a maternal-fetal infection caused by Treponema pallidum. Early signs are characteristic skin lesions, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, failure to thrive, blood-stained nasal discharge, perioral fissures, meningitis, choroiditis, hydrocephalus, seizures,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/22286
Diabetes is known to be an independent risk factor for the development of stroke. Stroke accounts for 20% of deaths among patients with diabetes, and is seen more commonly in younger age group than in non-diabetics. This reflects the adverse impact on economy and constitutes a ma...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/22937
The finite difference method is employed to examine free convective heat and mass transfer in a steady two-dimensional fluid flow from vertical surface in porous medium. In this study thermal radiation, viscous dissipation and Soret, Dufour effects are taken into consideration. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/21503
Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) growing in contaminated tailings of the Techatticup Mine in Nelson, Nevada were sampled and analyzed for trace metals. Samples were also collected outside the mine tailings to measure geogenic trace metal levels. These data show that some trace m...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/22837
The potential renal toxicity of monosodium glutamate (MSG) following dietary administration for four weeks in Albino rats was preliminary investigated by the measurement of serum electrolytes, urea and creatinine levels. The rats were randomly divided into four (4) groups based o...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/19825