This article explores the water supply-demand relationship in the Middle Draa valley, under climate change and socio-economic scenarios; identifying some of the climate-hydrological variables that best express the vulnerability of hydrological resources at watershed level. The a...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21536
Breeding wheat cultivars with improved adaptation to low soil-N, has gained importance worldwide in order to decrease N fertilizer consumption and overcome the ecological and economic problems of the misuse of this fertilizer. Identification of wheat crosses that show useful hete...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/21916
Adedeji David Atere, Franklin Kayode Ayenogun, Bolaji David Akinbo, Adaobi Mary-Joy Okafor & Kelvin Ifeanyichukwu Egbuchulem·Biotechnology Journal International·2015
Aims: The goal of this research is to determine plasma levels of MetHb and COHb in pregnant women with hepatitis B, which might enhance oxidative stress and hypoxemic condition of this state if it is not ameliorated on time. Study Design: Prospective case-control study. Place and...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/21880
The formula for the gravitational force inside a spherical body is derived, as well as for the Newtonian force of attraction between bodies from the standpoint of the gravitons’ model. The parameters of the graviton field are estimated, including its energy density, energy flux a...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/22197
The light amplification by finite active media is used extensively in modern optics applications. In this paper, the light amplification and scattering by the cluster of small active particles is studied analytically and numerically with the help of the local perturbation method...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/21553
Aims/Objectives: Studies were performed to correlate the biological activity of the HEPT (1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy) methyl]-6-(phenylthio)thyio)thymine) 107 sets of compound with the independent descriptor to know the structural requirement of the drug receptor binding interaction. Me...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21791
This paper discusses numerical asymptotic stability in certain neutral delay differential Equations (NDDEs) by θ -method discretization for θ ∈ [0, 1]. We give necessary and sufficient conditions on the parameters, to obtain the numerical asymptotic stability, preserving the exac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/18914
Inflammatory cell infiltration, increase airway hyper-reactivity, and inflammatory cytokine production are all hallmarks of pulmonary diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). While cytokine production and cellular infiltrations are relatively easy...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22187
Aims: The lean thinking concept, especially the application of muda was claimed to apply to a vast range of operations in widely differing industries, with only “tweaking of details”. Thus, varying industries adopted the concept including the built environment from whence terms s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21783
Random sets are common spatial statistical concepts that allow quantifying uncertainty in spatial objects. For objects extracted from remote sensing images, quantification of the uncertainty is important, as many objects are relatively small with respect to the pixel size and are...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/20462
Front line demonstrations (FLD) of integrated technology package of muga culture were conducted at 10 adopted farmers’ fields each in Golaghat and Dibrugarh districts in Assam State (India) during 2014-15. To demonstrate the production and economic benefit of adopting improved te...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/20103
Aims: Soil compaction is detrimental to turfgrass health and potentially hazardous to users of sports field participants. Previous research has evaluated numerous core aeration programs and their effects on water infiltration and thatch levels in a myriad of soil series under var...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/21694
Aim: To evaluate the influence of drought stress on canopy temperature, growth and yield performance of cowpea. Study Design: The experiments were laid out in a split plot design, with main plots arranged into three replications as a randomized complete blocks design. Water stres...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/21844
Soil-plant metal interaction is vital in plant metabolism and on effects related to deficiency and toxicity, yet has received very little attention in terms of research in developing countries. The aim of the present study was to investigate the composition of Zn, Cu, Mn and Fe i...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/20391
Background: Peperomia pellucida is an economic plant grown in West Africa. Aim: We investigated the phytochemical and antimicrobial activity of N-hexane, Ethyl acetate, and Ethanol extract of Peperomia pellucida whole plant that grows around Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Meth...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/21421