The speciation of some selected heavy metals in soil samples collected along the effluent channels of JUHEL Pharmaceutical industry, Awka was investigated. The pH of the soils had average value of 7.53 and moisture content of 17.96%. The results revealed total metal concentration...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/21495
This study assessed the health risks of heavy metals contamination in snail (Archachatina marginata) from crude oil producing regions in Rivers State, Nigeria. Cadmium, lead, chromium, nickel, zinc and manganese concentrations in snail muscle tissue taken from the various regions...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22163
A modified approximate analytic solution of the quadratic nonlinear oscillator “ ẍ + x2 sgn(x) =0 ” has been obtained based on an iteration procedure. Here we have used the truncated Fourier series in each iterative step. The approximate frequencies obtained by our technique show...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/22049
In Malaysia, the Orang Asli community (the indigenous people of Malaysia) are prone to intestinal parasite infections (IPIs) due to their living environment, socio-cultural and personal hygiene practices. The prevalence and potential risk factors for infection among the indigenou...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/21902
Inspite of the fact that retailers around the globe are embracing different retail formats to invoke positive consumer responses, little evidence exists of empirical research, that explores the success of a particular retail format in the South African Fast Moving Consumer Goods...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/21388
Aims: To evaluate serum sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorus and sulphur in patients with type II DM and compare with non-diabetic subjects. Study Design: A cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemical Pathology, Ekiti State Un...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/14378
The effect of boiling, steaming and microwaving on proximate and mineral compositions of fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) leaves were investigated. Standard methods of analyses were applied for the determinations of selected parameters. Results obtained indicated that at P...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/21483
We obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for L1-convergence of a modified cosine sum and a theorem of Telyakovskii [1] concerning convergence behavior of cosine series with monotonic decreasing coefficients has been deduced as a corollary.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/21641
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a Public health problem in Nigeria and Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of Latent Tuberculosis Infections (LTBI) and TB disease. There has been no available information on the prevalence of LTBI in HCWs in Akwa Ibom State especially in h...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/20380
Biologics or biopharmaceuticals are drugs derived from living organisms by recombinant technology. Biologics have made a significant contribution to the management of certain chronic diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid, arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis and other immun...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21588
Horizontal Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) have been extensively used by firms as vehicles for growth and competitiveness strengthening within the context of the global economy. Restructuring of government has been a constant theme over the last three decades and revenue admin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/22479
Aims: To purify and characterize the smallest lectin from Datura innoxia (DiL9) and to evaluate its antimicrobial application potential. Study Design: Protein purification and characterization using biochemical and biophysical techniques. MALDI-MS/MS for peptide mass finger print...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/22157
In the present study, Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG) was synthesized from commercially available 3,4-dimethoxytoluene, butanediol and penta acetyl glucose. This includes bromination, alkylation, glycosylation, deacetylation and demethylation reactions to yield the interes...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/22277
Aims: To determine the relationship of biomass and xanthan gum production by Xanthomonas campestris and to optimize the environmental and nutritional parameters for their production. Study Design: X. campestris strains were screened for the production of xanthan gum. Thirty eight...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/22431